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Inappropriate and drawn out, after a fashion (8)

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I believe the answer is:

untoward

'inappropriate' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drawn out after a fashion' is the wordplay.
'after a fashion' is an anagram indicator (letters re-fashioned).
'drawn'+'out'='drawnout'
'drawnout' anagrammed gives 'UNTOWARD'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for untoward that I've seen before include "Unexpected, inappropriate" , "Adverse - out of the ordinary" , "Not in keeping with accepted standards" , "Drawn out to be inconvenient or awkward" , "Unseemly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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