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Bent solver caught by question (5)

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I believe the answer is:

askew

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'bent solver' is the definition.
'askew' can be an answer for 'bent' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'solver' bit.

'caught by question' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'ew' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'question' becomes 'ask' (asking a question).
'ew' put after 'ask' is 'ASKEW'.

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(Other definitions for askew that I've seen before include "Wakes (anag)" , "Twisted" , "Not true" , "irregular" , "Leaning to one side" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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