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Sharp rap but different (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abrupt

'sharp' is the definition.
(I know that sharp can be written as abrupt)

'rap but different' is the wordplay.
'different' indicates anagramming the letters.
'rap'+'but'='rapbut'
'rapbut' anagrammed gives 'ABRUPT'.

(Other definitions for abrupt that I've seen before include "Curt and brief" , "Sudden - blunt" , "Short and brusque" , "Rough and quick" , "Curt; precipitous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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