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We stay out, lubricated, naturally (6)

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I believe the answer is:

sweaty

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'lubricated naturally' is the definition.
The answer and definition are different parts of speech. However, adjectives and past participle verbs occasionally mean the same thing.

'we stay out' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates anagramming the letters (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'we'+'stay'='westay'
'westay' with letters rearranged gives 'SWEATY'.

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(Other definitions for sweaty that I've seen before include "Showing effects of fever" , "Covered in perspiration" , "affected by the heat" , "Hot and perspiring" , "Damp with perspiration" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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