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Bananas are in it for sloth (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inertia

'sloth' is the definition.
(inertia can mean laziness or sloth)

'bananas are in it' is the wordplay.
'bananas' indicates an anagram (informal term for mad).
'are'+'in'+'it'='areinit'
'areinit' is an anagram of 'INERTIA'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for inertia that I've seen before include "Reluctance to change" , "Sluggishness - sloth" , "Lethargy" , "showing reluctance to move" , "I earn it (anag.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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