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Odd grants conferred with energy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

strange

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

'grants conferred with energy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
an anagram of 'grants' is 'strang' which is within the answer.
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for strange that I've seen before include "Curious" , "Bizarre" , "Unusual, odd" , "Different" , "Weird, eerie" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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