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Seem discombobulated by twisting of Polish language (7)

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I believe the answer is:

burmese

'language' is the definition.
(Burmese is an example)

'seem discombobulated by twisting of polish' is the wordplay.
'discombobulated' indicates anagramming the letters.
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'twisting of' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (letters twist back).
'polish' becomes 'rub' (polish meaning rub to make shiny).
'rub' in reverse letter order is 'bur'.
'seem' with letters rearranged gives 'mese'.
'mese' put after 'bur' is 'BURMESE'.

(Other definitions for burmese that I've seen before include "Asians" , "Native to Myanmar" , "Breed of cat" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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