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Left before the end of having sex, needing straightening (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

atilt

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'end of having sex needing straightening' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'left before the' is the wordplay.
'left' becomes 'atil' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'atil'+'t'='ATILT'

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(Other definitions for atilt that I've seen before include "Pulled tight" , "Inclined" , "Listing" , "Leaning over and nearly falling" , "Hardly straight" .)

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