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Nothing right in that lot's speculation (6)

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theory

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'speculation' is the definition.
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'nothing right in that lot's' is the wordplay.
'nothing' becomes 'o' (looks like zero - 0).
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'that lot's' becomes 'they' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'o'+'r'='or'
'or' placed into 'they' is 'THEORY'.

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(Other definitions for theory that I've seen before include "Proposition, thesis" , "General principles, as opposed to practice" , "Conjectural view" , "Explanatory idea" , "General principle which explains some aspect of the world" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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