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Item of furniture for a penny? Cot broken, inevitably (4,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ipso facto

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'item of furniture' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adverbs. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'a penny? cot broken inevitably' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'a' is present in the answer.
'penny?' could be 'p' (short for pence) and 'p' is found within the answer.
an anagram of 'cot' is 'cto' which is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ipso facto that I've seen before include "By that very fact" , "Thereby (Latin)" , "By that truth (Latin)" , "For that precise reason" , "By that very deed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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