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Unlikely to rise, being avoided, having ignored request for silence about holidays (10)

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I believe the answer is:

unleavened

'unlikely to rise' is the definition.

'avoided having ignored request for silence about holidays' is the wordplay.
'avoided' becomes 'shunned' (I've seen this before).
'having ignored' is a deletion indicator.
'request for silence' becomes 'sh'.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'holidays' becomes 'leave'.
'shunned' with 'sh' removed is 'unned'.
'unned' enclosing 'leave' is 'UNLEAVENED'.

'being' acts as a link.

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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