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A woman left the thing at yard in usual condition (9)

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I believe the answer is:

normality

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'usual condition' is the definition.
'normality' can be an answer for 'condition' (normality is a kind of condition). I am unsure of the 'usual' bit.

'a woman left the thing at yard' is the wordplay.
'a woman left' becomes 'normal' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'the thing' becomes 'it'.
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'yard' becomes 'y' (abbreviation).
'normal'+'it'+'y'='NORMALITY'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for normality that I've seen before include "to be expected" , "conformism" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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