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Unresponsive pet given a pick-me-up (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catatonic

'unresponsive' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pet given a pick-me-up' is the wordplay.
'pet' becomes 'cat' (cats are often kept as pets).
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'pick-me-up' becomes 'tonic' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cat'+'a'+'tonic'='CATATONIC'

(Other definitions for catatonic that I've seen before include "Senseless, not moving" , "Stupefied and immobile" , "In an immobile stupor" , "unresponsive" , "In a stupefied state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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