Put out a smiling shot (8)

I believe the answer is:

misalign

'put out' is the definition.
(put out or put wrong)

'a smiling shot' is the wordplay.
'shot' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'smiling'='asmiling'
'asmiling' is an anagram of 'MISALIGN'.

(Another definition for misalign that I've seen is " set out wrongly".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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