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A bicycle's broken - no riding in this state (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

celibacy

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'no riding in this state' is the definition.
'celibacy' can be an answer for 'state' (celibacy is a kind of state). I am not sure about the remainder of the definition.

'a bicycle's broken' is the wordplay.
'broken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'a'+'bicycle'='abicycle'
'abicycle' with letters rearranged gives 'CELIBACY'.

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(Other definitions for celibacy that I've seen before include "Unmarried state entered in to by some clergy" , "Chastity" , "Sexual abstinence" , "requirement for RC priest" , "Unmarried state on a bicycle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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