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Men cycle in unusual and unforgiving position (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inclemency

'unforgiving position' is the definition.
(clemency can mean forgiveness)

'men cycle in unusual' is the wordplay.
'unusual' indicates anagramming the letters.
'men'+'cycle'+'in'='mencyclein'
'mencyclein' anagrammed gives 'INCLEMENCY'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Another definition for inclemency that I've seen is " no mercy".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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