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Item maybe misplaced by greengrocer or a pet shop, strangely (10)

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I believe the answer is:

apostrophe

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'item maybe misplaced by greengrocer' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'or a pet shop strangely' is the wordplay.
'strangely' indicates anagramming the letters.
'or'+'a'+'pet'+'shop'='orapetshop'
'orapetshop' anagrammed gives 'APOSTROPHE'.

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(Other definitions for apostrophe that I've seen before include "Passage addressed to character" , "Mark showing omission of letters" , "Single quote mark" , "Where character may be absent" , "Mark in exam's" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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