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Question a piece of news that’s unduly slanted (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

askew

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'unduly slanted' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives occasionally mean the same thing.

'question a piece of news' is the wordplay.
'question' becomes 'ask'.
'a piece of news' becomes 'ew' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'ask'+'ew'='ASKEW'

'that's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for askew that I've seen before include "Wakes (anag)" , "Crookedly" , "Off-centre" , "At an angle, 19 Down" , "Oblique" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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