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In the morning, is drop of spirits wrong? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amiss

'wrong?' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'in the morning is drop of spirits' is the wordplay.
'in the morning' becomes 'am' (AM on a clock).
'drop of' suggests taking the first letters (the smallest possible amount of the word).
The first letter of 'spirits' is 's'.
'am'+'is'+'s'='AMISS'

(Other definitions for amiss that I've seen before include "(Gone) wrong" , "Mistakenly" , "Out of order" , "Wrong (a girl!)" , "Badly - wrong" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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