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Eccentric, holding keys, corrupt and lying (9)

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I believe the answer is:

recumbent

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

'eccentric holding keys corrupt' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'corrupt' could be 'bent' (I've seen this before) and 'bent' is found in the answer.
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(Other definitions for recumbent that I've seen before include "flat?" , "Lying down comfortably" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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