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Wrong sum, hack thought (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mused

'thought' is the definition.
(musing is a kind of thinking)

'wrong sum hack' is the wordplay.
'wrong' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hack' becomes 'ed' (hack can mean journalist, ed short for editor).
'sum' anagrammed gives 'mus'.
'mus'+'ed'='MUSED'

(Other definitions for mused that I've seen before include "Reflected in silence" , "Contemplated" , "Was deep in thought" , "Closer" , "Was absorbed in thought" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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