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End of rum — crew ultimately upset (7)

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oddment

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'end' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'rum crew ultimately upset' is the wordplay.
'rum' becomes 'odd' (rum can mean strange or dubious).
'crew' becomes 'men' (I've seen this before).
'ultimately upset' becomes 't' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'odd'+'men'+'t'='ODDMENT'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for oddment that I've seen before include "One of a broken set" , "Scrap" , "a bit spare" , "Just a bit left" , "Curiosity, peculiarity" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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