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Become extremely sincere and olde-worlde on tranquillisers (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sedated

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'become extremely sincere and olde-worlde' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'on tranquillisers' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'on' could be 'at' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'at' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for sedated that I've seen before include "Under the influence of drugs" , "Drugged" , "kept calm" , "Given calming drugs" , "Tranquillized" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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