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Dissipated, like many a drunken sot (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lost

'dissipated' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'many a drunken sot' is the wordplay.
'many' becomes 'l' ().
'a drunken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sot' with letters rearranged gives 'ost'.
'l'+'ost'='LOST'

'like' is the link.

(Other definitions for lost that I've seen before include "Not having known where one is" , "Baffled" , "Suffered defeat" , "See 8" , "Unable to find the way forward" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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