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Bad, mad true drunk is portrayed in outline (10)

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I believe the answer is:

adumbrated

'portrayed in outline' is the definition.
(to adumbrate is to outline)

'bad mad true drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' is an anagram indicator.
'bad'+'mad'+'true'='badmadtrue'
'badmadtrue' with letters rearranged gives 'ADUMBRATED'.

'is' acts as a link.

(Another definition for adumbrated that I've seen is " overshadowed".)

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