Without any land for no good reason? (12)
I believe the answer is:
groundlessly
'without any land for no good reason?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.
'without any land for no good' is the wordplay.
'without any land' becomes 'groundless' ('land' can be 'ground' (synonyms) so maybe 'without any land' can be ''groundless').
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'no good' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'groundless'+'ly'='GROUNDLESSLY'
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I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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