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Terribly mundane around November, like some railway stations? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

unmanned

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'terribly mundane around november like some railway stations?' is the definition.
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'terribly mundane around november' is the wordplay.
'terribly' indicates an anagram.
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'mundane' anagrammed gives 'unmaned'.
'unmaned' going around 'n' is 'UNMANNED'.

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(Other definitions for unmanned that I've seen before include "Weakened the courage of in male way" , "Like a drone" , "Lacking personnel" , "Lacking a crew" , "Not requiring a crew or staff" .)

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