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Being stupid, I climb ice when drunk (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

imbecilic

'being stupid' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'i climb ice when drunk' is the wordplay.
'when drunk' is an anagram indicator (a drunken or disorderly form of the letters).
'climb'+'ice'='climbice'
'climbice' with letters rearranged gives 'mbecilic'.
'i'+'mbecilic'='IMBECILIC'

(Another definition for imbecilic that I've seen is " stupid".)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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