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A neurotic drunk - on this? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cointreau

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'this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'a neurotic drunk on' is the wordplay.
'drunk' is an anagram indicator.
'on' is an insertion indicator (as in clothing 'on' a person).
'neurotic' is an anagram of 'cointreu'.
'a' placed inside 'cointreu' is 'COINTREAU'.

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(Other definitions for cointreau that I've seen before include "Alcoholic drink" , "A sweet orange-flavoured liqueur for cautioner" , "Orange liqueur" , "Sweet orange-flavoured colourless liqueur" .)

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