Crude cutback stuffed giant city, oddly abandoned (7)

I believe the answer is:

inexact

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'crude' is the definition.
(both can mean imprecise)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for inexact that I've seen before include "Nice tax (anag) - approximate" , "Lax" , "Wide of the mark" , "Not precise, ambiguous" , "Fuzzy, muddled" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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