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The haze one gets by the sea at the wrong moment (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mistimed

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'wrong moment' is the definition.
'mistimed' can be an answer for 'wrong' (thesaurus). I am not certain of the 'moment' bit.

'the haze one gets by the sea at' is the wordplay.
'the haze' becomes 'mist' (I've seen this before).
'one gets' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the sea' becomes 'med' (short for Mediterranean).
'at' becomes 'i' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'med' put after 'i' is 'imed'.
'mist' next to 'imed' is 'MISTIMED'.

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for mistimed that I've seen before include "Chose bad moment" , "Coming at the wrong moment" , "Inopportune" , "Chose wrong moment to do (something)" , "Scheduled wrongly" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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