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Be inclined to take the mislaid part on trust (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

slant

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'be inclined' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the mislaid part on trust' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'part' could be 'la' (la is a kind of part) and 'la' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'to take' is the link.

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(Other definitions for slant that I've seen before include "Lean, point of view" , "Lie obliquely" , "Point of view; slope" , "It's at an angle to the horizontal" , "Slope - bias" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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