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Cave-dweller looked suspiciously at drunk (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

trolleyed

'drunk' is the definition.
(I know that drunk can be written as trolleyed)

'cave-dweller looked suspiciously' is the wordplay.
'cave-dweller' becomes 'troll' (a troll might live in a cave).
'looked suspiciously' becomes 'eyed' (to eye something is to look at it suspiciously).
'troll'+'eyed'='TROLLEYED'

'at' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for trolleyed that I've seen before include "Travelled on a wheeled bed" , "Legless" , "wrecked" , "Quite intoxicated" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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