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Might foolish Edison be single in December for bad behaviour? (12)

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I believe the answer is:

disobedience

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'for bad behaviour?' is the definition.
(eg disobeying rules)

'might foolish edison be single in' is the wordplay.
'might' becomes 'dce' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'foolish' indicates an anagram (a foolish spelling).
'single' becomes 'I' (one).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'edison'+'be'+'i'='edisonbei'
'edisonbei' anagrammed gives 'isobedien'.
'dce' going around 'isobedien' is 'DISOBEDIENCE'.

'december' acts as a link.
This may not be right. It may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for disobedience that I've seen before include "Refusal to take orders" , "Refusal to do what one is told" , "Insubordination" , "Not following rules" , "Defiance, unruliness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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