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Sortie with no parking, couples cycle (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

air strike

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'sortie' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'no parking couples cycle' is the wordplay.
'no parking couples' becomes 'airs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cycle' becomes 'trike' (trike is a kind of cycle).
'airs'+'trike'='AIR-STRIKE'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for air strike that I've seen before include "makes flight impossible?" , "Bombing attack" , "shot from above" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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