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Boy band done for drugs? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

busted

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'done for drugs?' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with social activities as well as being past participle verbs.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'boy band' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'boy' could be 'ted' (short for Edward or Theodore) and 'ted' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bus' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for busted that I've seen before include "having knockers" , "Shattered" , "Broken; raided (US)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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