The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 letter word WASTED
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result WASTED
- Used to be a delinquent, high on drugs
- Lived with Heath, possibly very drunk?
- Drunk spotted reeling in front of Edward
- Blown, three sheets to the wind
- Breaking into bundle of notes, set off to get very drunk
- Drunk, wet, sad, devastated
- Was Edward drunk?
- Drunk rocker in the ’50s?
- Old rocker’s following used to be dissipated
- Wore drape jacket extremely tight?
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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 = wasted.The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does WASTED mean?
WASTED verb- To devastate, destroy
- To squander (money or resources) uselessly; to spend (time) idly.
- To kill; to murder.
- To wear away by degrees; to impair gradually; to diminish by constant loss; to use up; to consume; to spend; to wear out.
- Gradually lose weight, weaken, become frail.
- To be diminished; to lose bulk, substance, strength, value etc. gradually.
- To damage, impair, or injure (an estate, etc.) voluntarily, or by allowing the buildings, fences, etc., to fall into decay.
- Not profitably used.
- Ravaged or deteriorated.
- Emaciated and haggard.
- Very drunk or stoned.
- Low weight-for-height (for a person).