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Mark and Mike in unconscious state (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

comma

'mark' is the definition.
(punctuation mark)

'mike in unconscious state' is the wordplay.
'mike' becomes 'M' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'unconscious state' becomes 'coma' (I've seen this in another clue).
'm' going inside 'coma' is 'COMMA'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for comma that I've seen before include "Punctuation mark - butterfly" , "Mark for smallest division of a sentence" , "Brief stop" , "Kind of butterfly" , "Common punctuation park" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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