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Dishonour surrounding bishop left in lurch (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shamble

'lurch' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'dishonour surrounding bishop left' is the wordplay.
'dishonour' becomes 'shame' (shame is a kind of dishonour).
'surrounding' is an insertion indicator.
'bishop' becomes 'b' (abbreviation used in chess).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'b'+'l'='bl'
'shame' going around 'bl' is 'SHAMBLE'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for shamble that I've seen before include "Walk lumberingly" , "Shuffle along awkwardly" , "Move shufflingly" , "Move awkwardly" , "Walk shufflingly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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