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Addict: one put on kilo in a month (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

junkie

'addict' is the definition.
(junkie is a kind of addict)

'one put on kilo in a month' is the wordplay.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'put on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'kilo' becomes 'k' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'a month' becomes 'june' (June is an example**).
'i' after 'k' is 'ki'.
'ki' put inside 'june' is 'JUNKIE'.

(Other definitions for junkie that I've seen before include "one shooting up" , "User" , "In slang, a drug addict" , "Jargon for a drug addict" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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