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Lassitude and sexlessness in a province undergoing recession (9)

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I believe the answer is:

inanition

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'lassitude' is the definition.
(I know that lassitude can be written as inanition)

'sexlessness in a province undergoing recession' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'in' is found in the answer.
'a' could be 'an' and 'an' is found in the answer.
'undergoing' could be 'on' (on can mean experiencing or undergoing) and 'on' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for inanition that I've seen before include "Lassitude" , "being exhausted" , "lack of enthusiasm" , "Lack of vigour" , "Exhaustion" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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