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Place is kind of out of the ordinary (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

special

'out of the ordinary' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'place is kind of' is the wordplay.
'kind of' is an anagram indicator.
'place'+'is'='placeis'
'placeis' is an anagram of 'SPECIAL'.

(Other definitions for special that I've seen before include "sort of officer" , "Individual" , "Dish not on the normal menu" , "Out of the ordinary, singular" , "Remarkable" .)

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