The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word INEBRIATED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result INEBRIATED
- A UK citizen holds I require bottles to be drunk
- Crapulent criminal, irate in bed
- In European empty bar I had dinner date resembling Edna
- Drunk tea and brine I’d mixed together
- Legless one on a bender it turned out
- Tight in bar? I need it to unwind!
- On a bender it turned out, one’s drunk
- I will get it with beer and whisky!
- Holding end of rope, Brian tied knots tight
- Bombed Britain, having been shelled, needs to be rebuilt
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The straight part
We know that "Crapulent" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case crapulent = inebriated.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INEBRIATED mean?
INEBRIATED verb- To cause to be drunk; to intoxicate.
- To disorder the senses of; to exhilarate, elate or stupefy as if by spirituous drink.
- To become drunk.
- Behaving as though affected by alcohol including exhilaration, and a dumbed or stupefied manner.