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Odd business with a bishop and earl (7)

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I believe the answer is:

bizarre

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

'business with a bishop and earl' is the wordplay.
'business' becomes 'biz' (informal term for business).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'bishop' becomes 'rr' (abbreviation for Right Reverend).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'earl' becomes 'e'.
'biz'+'a'+'rr'+'e'='BIZARRE'

(Other definitions for bizarre that I've seen before include "Really weird" , "Funny" , "Way-out" , "Weird, outlandish" , "Very strange" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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