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Crooked city alarms me when rebuilt (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

asymmetrical

'crooked' is the definition.
(I know that crooked can be written as asymmetrical)

'city alarms me when rebuilt' is the wordplay.
'when rebuilt' is an anagram indicator.
'city'+'alarms'+'me'='cityalarmsme'
'cityalarmsme' is an anagram of 'ASYMMETRICAL'.

(Other definitions for asymmetrical that I've seen before include "Not even" , "Irregular in outline" , "a gymnast would use such bars" , "Crooked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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