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Just one tenor, unattached (6)

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I believe the answer is:

adrift

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'unattached' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'just one tenor' is the wordplay.
'just one' becomes 'a' (a thing is one thing. I am not sure about the 'just' bit.).
'tenor' becomes 'drift' (drift is a kind of tenor).
'a'+'drift'='ADRIFT'

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(Other definitions for adrift that I've seen before include "Disoriented" , "(Of ship) out of control" , "Floating freely, not moored" , "'Floating without direction, not tied up (6)'" , "Loose from moorings" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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