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Toy sat on by officers when everyone’s out (7,6)

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I believe the answer is:

general strike

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'when everyone's out' is the definition.
(being out can mean being on strike)

'toy sat on by officers' is the wordplay.
'toy sat on' becomes 'trike' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'officers' becomes 'generals' (general is a kind of officer).
'trike' put after 'generals' is 'GENERAL STRIKE'.

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(Other definitions for general strike that I've seen before include "Everybody out!" , "all-out effort" , "National work stoppage" , "When everyone's out" , "national crisis" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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