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Atypical bloke snorkelling? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

divergent

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'atypical' is the definition.
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'bloke snorkelling?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'bloke' could be 'gent' (both can mean a man) and 'gent' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'diver' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for divergent that I've seen before include "different from the others?" , "Unconventional" , "showing disagreement" , "Moving apart in different directions" , "(Of lines) moving apart" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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