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The lorry I had was not articulated! (5)

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I believe the answer is:

rigid

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'not articulated' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives sometimes mean the same thing.

'the lorry i had' is the wordplay.
'the lorry' becomes 'rig' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'i had' becomes 'i'd' (contraction).
'rig'+'id'='RIGID'

'was' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for rigid that I've seen before include "Frozen" , "Stiff, unmoving" , "Stiff and inflexible" , "Stiff, unyielding" , "Not flexible" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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