The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word ASKEW
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result ASKEW
- Request team playing hands to one side
- Not straight like part of SW London
- Oblique directions appended to petition
- Lopsided, like some gardens Woolf cultivated?
- Like London gardens, in need of levelling
- Like gardens to be asymmetrical
- Request directions, being awry
- Not straight, like some gardens
- Amateur’s first stitch around bottom of smock is wonky
- Request for two points is out of line
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The straight part
We know that "out of line" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case out of line = askew.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does ASKEW mean?
ASKEW adjective- Turned or twisted to one side.
- Untoward, unfavourable.
- Tilted to one side.