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Dine out and finish, unsettled (13)

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I believe the answer is:

indeterminate

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'unsettled' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'dine out and finish' is the wordplay.
'dine out' becomes 'inde' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'finish' becomes 'terminate' (synonyms).
'inde'+'terminate'='INDETERMINATE'

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(Other definitions for indeterminate that I've seen before include "Not exactly known" , "Not exactly defined" , "Vague - unsettled" , "Unfixed, uncertain" , "uncertain result?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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