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Slightly crazy orbit, perhaps incomplete? Mine wasn't (7)

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I believe the answer is:

gagarin

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'incomplete? mine wasn't' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'slightly crazy orbit' is the wordplay.
'slightly crazy' becomes 'gaga' (I've seen this before).
'orbit' becomes 'rin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gaga'+'rin'='GAGARIN'

'perhaps' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gagarin that I've seen before include "Yuri --, cosmonaut" , "Yuri ....... first man in space" , "Astronaut" , "old spaceman" , "Yuri ......, first Russian into space" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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