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Something not right with helping to chase grizzly bear (10)

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I believe the answer is:

aberration

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'something not' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'right with helping to chase grizzly bear' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (abbreviation).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'helping' becomes 'ration' (a ration is a serving or helping).
'to chase' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters chase after others).
'grizzly bear' becomes 'abe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'r' next to 'ration' is 'rration'.
'rration' put after 'abe' is 'ABERRATION'.

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(Other definitions for aberration that I've seen before include "Unwelcome deviation from normal" , "Straying" , "moral lapse" , "mistake" , "Deviation from the accepted norm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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