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Clashing with stand-in — so unfortunately (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dissonant

'clashing' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'stand-in so unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'stand'+'in'+'so'='standinso'
'standinso' is an anagram of 'DISSONANT'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dissonant that I've seen before include "incongruous" , "Lacking harmony" , "grating" , "sounding harsh" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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