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Couple on strike likely to collapse? (10)

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I believe the answer is:

ramshackle

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'likely to collapse?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'couple on strike' is the wordplay.
'couple' becomes 'shackle' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'strike' becomes 'ram' (I've seen this before).
'shackle' after 'ram' is 'RAMSHACKLE'.

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(Other definitions for ramshackle that I've seen before include "falling apart" , "falling to pieces" , "Dilapidated" , "In severe disrepair" , "Badly-organised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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