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Poor state, dire, is par sadly (9)

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I believe the answer is:

disrepair

'poor state' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'dire is par sadly' is the wordplay.
'sadly' indicates an anagram.
'dire'+'is'+'par'='direispar'
'direispar' is an anagram of 'DISREPAIR'.

(Other definitions for disrepair that I've seen before include "In need of mending" , "Poor condition" , "state of neglect" , "Poor working order" , "poor state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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