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A drunk snorting cocaine in town (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ascot

'town' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a drunk snorting cocaine' is the wordplay.
'drunk' becomes 'sot' (sot can mean a drunken person).
'snorting' indicates putting letters inside (snort can mean to ingest through the nose).
'cocaine' becomes 'C' (drugs abbreviation).
'sot' going around 'c' is 'scot'.
'a'+'scot'='ASCOT'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for ascot that I've seen before include "Royal race meeting venue" , "English racecourse in Berkshire" , "Famous racecourse" , "Posh racecourse" , "course without any fences!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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