The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word SMASHED
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result SMASHED
- Mother’s in an outhouse, drunk
- What’s written up on an outhouse in ruins
- Broken spades on ground
- Second female that’s angry about being drunk
- Completely intoxicated son’s given ground
- Small and crazy, grabbing the woman under the table
- Belt around motorway with journalist, very drunk
- Mother’s in the outhouse, drunk!
- Second journalist to cover Pulp’s hit
- Inebriated tennis legend admitted by second doctor
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The straight part
We know that "under the table" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case under the table = smashed.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does SMASHED mean?
SMASHED verb- To break (something brittle) violently.
- To be destroyed by being smashed.
- To hit extremely hard.
- To ruin completely and suddenly.
- To defeat overwhelmingly; to gain a comprehensive success.
- To deform through continuous pressure.
- To have sexual intercourse with.
- Drunk.