Crossword Genius

Beer drunk? Inebriated, leaving court with a jaunty air (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

breezy

'with a jaunty air' is the definition.

'beer drunk? inebriated leaving court' is the wordplay.
'beer drunk?' becomes 'bree' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'inebriated' becomes 'woozy'.
'leaving' is a deletion indicator.
'court' becomes 'woo' ('woo' can be a synonym of 'court').
'woozy' with 'woo' taken out is 'zy'.
'bree'+'zy'='BREEZY'

(Other definitions for breezy that I've seen before include "Fresh and animated" , "Slightly windy" , "Blowy" , "Fresh - jaunty" , "Pleasantly windy" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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