The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word CELIBACY
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More clues leading to the result CELIBACY
- A bicycle for travel? Not having it
- A bicycle’s broken – no riding in this state
- Congress disdained by this state
- Fixing a bicycle? No fun in that!
- Abstaining from sex might get you a bicycle
- Having nothing to do with it, a bicycle in pieces
- Church fine accepting island bishop’s single state
- A bicycle breaking down — and avoiding it
- Avoiding the other bicycle, a convertible
- A bicycle’s rickety — strictly avoiding it
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The straight part
We know that "no riding in this state" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case no riding in this state = celibacy.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does CELIBACY mean?
CELIBACY noun- Abstaining from marriage; the state of being unmarried.
- (by extension) Abstinence from sexual relations.