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Neither called for nor delivered without notes (10)

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I believe the answer is:

undeserved

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'neither called' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs can sometimes define each other.

'nor delivered without notes' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'delivered' could be 'served' (serving is a kind of delivering) and 'served' is found in the answer.
'notes' could be 'de' (two musical notes) and 'de' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'un' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'for' is the link.

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(Another definition for undeserved that I've seen is " Not warranted".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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