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Insensible jazz fan needs a shot in the arm (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

catatonic

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

'jazz fan needs a shot in the arm' is the wordplay.
'jazz fan' becomes 'cat' (I've seen this before).
'needs' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'shot in the arm' becomes 'tonic' (I've seen this before).
'cat'+'a'+'tonic'='CATATONIC'

(Other definitions for catatonic that I've seen before include "Insensible" , "In an immobile stupor" , "Having muscular rigidity and stupor" , "Unable to move" , "In a stupefied state" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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