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Make distorted and wrongly formed (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deform

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'make distorted' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'wrongly formed' is the wordplay.
'wrongly' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'formed' with letters rearranged gives 'DEFORM'.

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(Other definitions for deform that I've seen before include "Distort out of shape" , "Damage" , "Contort" , "Pervert" , "Put out of shape" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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