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Sober user ate bananas (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

austere

'sober' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'user ate bananas' is the wordplay.
'bananas' is an anagram indicator (informal term for mad).
'user'+'ate'='userate'
'userate' anagrammed gives 'AUSTERE'.

(Other definitions for austere that I've seen before include "Lacking adornments" , "Sure eat up and become without luxury" , "Bleak" , "Stern or very plain" , "Lacking comforts; strict" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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