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Various bananas sir mislaid (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dissimilar

'various' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'bananas sir mislaid' is the wordplay.
'bananas' indicates an anagram (informal term for mad).
'sir'+'mislaid'='sirmislaid'
'sirmislaid' with letters rearranged gives 'DISSIMILAR'.

(Other definitions for dissimilar that I've seen before include "Unlike" , "Unalike" , "Not like" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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