The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 10 letter word DIPSOMANIA
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result DIPSOMANIA
- Drops Arab leader of alarming intemperance
- Condition of lush sauces by Arab American
- Swims with topless female, one with a drink problem
- Craving tasty mixtures, love, servant and one on one
- … wild man is paid and gets in round, which leads to alcoholism
- Drunk is paid to go round Arab country drinking too much
- Plastered on vacation, so I’m in AA, getting sorted out for this?
- Pour out maid a sip — no problem with drink
- Depression thus comes to fellow — one with a drink problem
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The straight part
We know that "drink problem" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case drink problem = dipsomania.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does DIPSOMANIA mean?
DIPSOMANIA noun- Addiction to alcohol.
- Specifically periodic alcoholism, characterized by bouts of heavy drinking rather than continuous indulgence in alcohol.