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Miscalculate, turning right again (3)

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I believe the answer is:

err

'miscalculate' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'turning right again' is the wordplay.
'turning' says the letters should be written backwards.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'again' becomes 're'.
'r'+'re'='rre'
'rre' reversed gives 'ERR'.

(Other definitions for err that I've seen before include "Transgress" , "Make a wrong move" , "'To . . . is human, to forgive divine'" , "Be inaccurate" , "Miss the mark" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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