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Sign me on, mistakenly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

omen

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

'me on mistakenly' is the wordplay.
'mistakenly' is an anagram indicator.
'me'+'on'='meon'
'meon' with letters rearranged gives 'OMEN'.

(Other definitions for omen that I've seen before include "Warning token" , "Sign of something about to happen" , "Portent of things to come" , "Prophetic significance" , "writing on the wall" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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