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That is, of course, the crux. No one's clear on what happens then. Presumably, you're fine, and you get an undead version of you, but what happens when your cloned body is killed? Does that undead need to be killed before you can be resurrected?
Why would Animate Dead work on an unused clone? In 5e, the clone is "inert" not dead. And if memory serves l, 3e had similar language.