Crossword Genius

Wrongly vague about broken ankle (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mistakenly

'wrongly' is the definition.

'vague about broken ankle' is the wordplay.
'vague' becomes 'misty'.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'broken' indicates an anagram.
'ankle' is an anagram of 'akenl'.
'misty' placed around 'akenl' is 'MISTAKENLY'.

(Another definition for mistakenly that I've seen is " in error".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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