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Off course like a platter (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astray

'off course' is the definition.
(to be led astray is to be led off course)

'like a platter' is the wordplay.
'like' becomes 'as'.
'a platter' becomes 'tray' (tray for food).
'as'+'tray'='ASTRAY'

(Other definitions for astray that I've seen before include "wide of the mark" , "Adrift - misguided - lost" , "Off the correct path" , "Gone off the right path" , "Up the garden path?" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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