Joint, food, party - male’s laid-back state? (9)
I believe the answer is:
hippiedom
'laid-back state?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'joint food party male's' is the wordplay.
'joint' becomes 'hip joint' (part of body).
'food' becomes 'pie' (pie is a kind of food).
'party' becomes 'do' (do can informally mean a party).
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'hip'+'pie'+'do'+'m'='HIPPIEDOM'
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