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Bent and crooked cedar (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arced

'bent' is the definition.
(arcing is a kind of bending)

'crooked cedar' is the wordplay.
'crooked' indicates anagramming the letters (a crooked or disrupted version of the letters).
'cedar' with letters rearranged gives 'ARCED'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for arced that I've seen before include "Cared about being curved" , "Forming a curve" , "Curvy" , "Discharged" , "made bow?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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