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Scent a catastrophic position taken (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stance

'position taken' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'scent a catastrophic' is the wordplay.
'catastrophic' indicates an anagram.
'scent'+'a'='scenta'
'scenta' with letters rearranged gives 'STANCE'.

(Other definitions for stance that I've seen before include "Bearing" , "Way of standing, like golfer addressing ball" , "Posture, standing position" , "Pose, for a golfer say" , "Position, viewpoint" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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