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Boozy. like Jock getting caught out (7)

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I believe the answer is:

sottish

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'boozy' is the definition.
(I know that boozy can be written as sottish)

'like jock getting caught out' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'like' could be 'ish' (similar in meaning) and 'ish' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for sottish that I've seen before include "Habitually drunk" , "Like drunk" , "drunk, usually" , "Drunken" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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