Curl up with a soup, being the worse for wear (9)

I believe the answer is:

crapulous

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'curl up with a soup being the worse for wear' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'curl up with a soup' is the wordplay.
'up with' is an anagram indicator.
'a'+'soup'='asoup'
'curl' anagrammed with 'asoup' can make 'CRAPULOUS'.

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(Another definition for crapulous that I've seen is " Suffering from drunkenness".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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