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Centrally placed and possibly bent out a little (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

between

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'centrally placed and' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'possibly bent out a little' is the wordplay.
'possibly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'out' is an insertion indicator.
'a little' becomes 'wee' (I've seen this before).
'bent' anagrammed gives 'betn'.
'betn' placed around 'wee' is 'BETWEEN'.

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(Other definitions for between that I've seen before include "Don't tell anyone else..." , "In the space separating two objects" , "In the space separating (items)" , "In the intermediate part" , "needle, not the smallest"" .)

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