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Suspect something's wrong -- let alarms off (5,1,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

smell a rat

'suspect something's wrong' is the definition.

'let alarms off' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'let'+'alarms'='letalarms'
'letalarms' is an anagram of 'SMELL A RAT'.

(Other definitions for smell a rat that I've seen before include "Become suspicious" , "Find something fishy" , "Suspect something's amiss" , "Suspect trickery (colloq.)" , "Suspect deception" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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