The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 9 letter word INEBRIATE
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More clues leading to the result INEBRIATE
- Upstanding character, anti-beer, corrupted?
- Sadly one trainee beginning to booze gets drunk
- Pickle brine I foolishly consumed
- Individual initially anti-beer stupidly gets drunk
- One with a beer tin, wobbling about
- Brew a beer in it and get drunk
- One born to drink in bar, it is dilapidated boozer
- I worried about brine decomposing pickled human being
- Peto taking note after Geordie fellow’s last to leave when drunk
- Outsiders in Europe, Britain vaguely drunk
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The straight part
We know that "drunk" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case drunk = inebriate.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does INEBRIATE mean?
INEBRIATE noun- A person who is intoxicated, especially one who is habitually drunk.
- 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.
- Intoxicated; drunk