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Alienated journalist full of rum (9)

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I believe the answer is:

estranged

'alienated' is the definition.
('estrange' can be a synonym of 'alienate')

'journalist full of rum' is the wordplay.
'journalist' becomes 'ed' (short for editor).
'full of' indicates putting letters inside.
'rum' becomes 'strange' ('strange' can be a synonym of 'rum'**).
'ed' enclosing 'strange' is 'ESTRANGED'.

(Other definitions for estranged that I've seen before include "Split" , "Having become unfriendly or alienated" , "A nerd gets (anag) - separated" , "Sad regent (anag) - disaffected" , "no longer friendly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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