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The samurai somehow becoming clumsy (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amateurish

'clumsy' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the samurai somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'the'+'samurai'='thesamurai'
'thesamurai' is an anagram of 'AMATEURISH'.

'becoming' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for amateurish that I've seen before include "Rather 31 across" , "Not very professional" , "using little craft, perhaps" , "Unprofessional" , "Lay" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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