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Disorderly, hungover husband leaves nick with half-cut male (12)

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I believe the answer is:

ungovernable

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'disorderly' is the definition.
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'hungover husband leaves nick with half-cut male' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'nick' could be 'nab' (both can mean steal) and 'nab' is found within the answer.
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(Another definition for ungovernable that I've seen is " Impossible to control".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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