Assaulted when drunk? (6)
I believe the answer is:
stoned
'drunk?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'assaulted when' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'when' could be 'on' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'on' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'sted' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for stoned that I've seen before include "Drunk or battered with rocks" , "High on drugs or alcohol" , "Slangily drunk or biblically executed" , "Incapable from drug-taking" , "Under the influence of drugs (colloq.)" .)