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Doesn't become the worse for drink (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stoned

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'doesn't become the worse for drink' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'doesn't become' is the wordplay.
'become' indicates an anagram.
'doesnt' is an anagram of 'STONED'.

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(Other definitions for stoned that I've seen before include "Slangily drunk or biblically executed" , "Incapable from drug-taking" , "Slangily drunk in Ostend" , "Like Olive perhaps" , "Are cherries so" .)

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