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Recite so badly it's understood by few (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

esoteric

'understood by few' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'recite so badly' is the wordplay.
'badly' indicates an anagram.
'recite'+'so'='reciteso'
'reciteso' with letters rearranged gives 'ESOTERIC'.

'it's' is the link.

(Other definitions for esoteric that I've seen before include "Understood by only a few people" , "Cryptic" , "hidden" , "'Abstruse, arcane (8)'" , "Highly specialised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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