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Slant appears in south at botanical gardens (4)

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I believe the answer is:

skew

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

'south at botanical gardens' is the wordplay.
'south' becomes 's' ('S' can be a synonym of 'south').
'at' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'botanical gardens' becomes 'kew' (Kew Gardens in London. I am not sure about the 'botanical' bit.**).
's'+'kew'='SKEW'

'appears in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for skew that I've seen before include "Place(d) obliquely" , "Distorted, awry" , "Oblique; distort" , "(Make) oblique, slanting" , "Misrepresent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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