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Stevens place it wrongly, being in schizophrenic state (10)

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I believe the answer is:

cataleptic

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'in schizophrenic state' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are adjectives, I cannot understand how one could define the other.

'stevens place it wrongly' is the wordplay.
'stevens' becomes 'cat' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'wrongly' is an anagram indicator.
'place'+'it'='placeit'
'placeit' with letters rearranged gives 'aleptic'.
'cat'+'aleptic'='CATALEPTIC'

'being' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cataleptic that I've seen before include "that's not readily moved" , "in a stiff trance" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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