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Cable-tie nuts to become chaste (8)

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I believe the answer is:

celibate

'chaste' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'cable-tie nuts' is the wordplay.
'nuts' indicates an anagram (nuts can mean crazy).
'cable'+'tie'='cabletie'
'cabletie' anagrammed gives 'CELIBATE'.

'to become' is the link.

(Other definitions for celibate that I've seen before include "practising abstinence" , "Belie act of being voluntarily chaste" , "Remaining chaste for religious reasons." , "Continent" , "Living as a single person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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