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Contrast poem arc badly (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

compare

'contrast' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'poem arc badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates anagramming the letters (letters in the wrong order).
'poem'+'arc'='poemarc'
'poemarc' is an anagram of 'COMPARE'.

(Other definitions for compare that I've seen before include "Contrast - liken" , "what discriminators do" , "Look at differences and similarities between (things)" , "Represent as similar; sounds like emcee" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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