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Badly steer most of spray over grass (9)

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I believe the answer is:

misinform

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'badly steer most' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'spray over grass' is the wordplay.
'spray over' becomes 'mis' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'grass' becomes 'inform' (I've seen this before).
'mis'+'inform'='MISINFORM'

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for misinform that I've seen before include "Give incorrect gen to" , "Deceive" , "Provide with incorrect facts" , "teach badly" , "Tell incorrectly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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