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Grand mechanical procedure's what Parisian finds bizarre (9)

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I believe the answer is:

grotesque

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'bizarre' is the definition.
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'grand mechanical procedure's what parisian' is the wordplay.
'grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'mechanical procedure's' becomes 'rotes' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'what parisian' becomes 'que' ('what' in French).
'g'+'rotes'+'que'='GROTESQUE'

'finds' is the link.

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(Other definitions for grotesque that I've seen before include "Fantastically hideous" , "Outlandish" , "Weird" , "Bizarre and disfigured - preposterous" , "Freakish" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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