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Crooked piece of out-of-the-way gambling (4)

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I believe the answer is:

bent

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'crooked piece' is the definition.
'bent' can be an answer for 'crooked' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'piece' bit.

'out-of-the-way gambling' is the wordplay.
'out of' means one lot of letters goes inside another (some letters on the outside of others).
'the way' becomes 'n' (Compass direction - North).
'gambling' becomes 'bet' (bet is a kind of gambling).
'n' inserted into 'bet' is 'BENT'.

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bent that I've seen before include "Natural skill to be slangily dishonest?" , "Propensity, preference" , "leaning" , "Dishonest - inclination" , "Personal inclination" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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