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Decorating drunk - so often spilled gin (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

festooning

'decorating' is the definition.
(festooning is a kind of decorating)

'drunk so often spilled gin' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'spilled' indicates anagramming the letters.
'so'+'often'='sooften'
'sooften' is an anagram of 'festoon'.
'gin' anagrammed gives 'ing'.
'festoon'+'ing'='FESTOONING'

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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