The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 3 letter word STRUNG OUT
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More clues leading to the result STRUNG OUT
- Like an addict that's called to get dark beer brought round
- Addicted and extremely skint, manage to get joints with difficulty
- High sturdy walls the usual support for a window cleaner?
- Quiet as a spent campanologist on drugs
- Assistance essentially to manage disease when weak as a result of drug addiction
- Having cold turkey’s fat wrapping round
- Step in fat that’s spread widely
- Under the influence tinkled in beer
- Grunts, thoroughly exhausted
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The straight part
We know that "High" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case high = strung out.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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