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Without resin and card (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lacking

'without' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'resin and card' is the wordplay.
'resin' becomes 'lac' (resin secreted by lac insects).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'card' becomes 'king' (type of playing card).
'lac'+'king'='LACKING'

(Other definitions for lacking that I've seen before include "Being without, wanting" , "Absent, deficient" , "Deficient or inadequate" , "Missing" , "'Deficient, wanting (7)'" .)

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