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Show to be out of place (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exposition

'show' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'out of place' is the wordplay.
'out of' becomes 'ex'.
'place' becomes 'position' (positioning is a kind of placing**).
'ex'+'position'='EXPOSITION'

'to be' is the link.

(Other definitions for exposition that I've seen before include "fair" , "Account" , "large show" , "commentary" , "Public display" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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