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"Deviant toff" in a Latin translation (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tangential

'deviant' is the definition.

'toff in a latin translation' is the wordplay.
'toff' becomes 'gent' (I've seen this in other clues).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'translation' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'latin'='alatin'
'alatin' is an anagram of 'tanial'.
'gent' put inside 'tanial' is 'TANGENTIAL'.

(Other definitions for tangential that I've seen before include "Irrelevant" , "Peripheral" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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