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Singular lame gags after raising a stink (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

miasm

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'stink' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'singular lame gags after raising a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'singular' could be 's' (abbreviation sometimes used in dictionaries) and 's' is located in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mim' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Another definition for miasm that I've seen is " stench".)

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