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Don is out of boyband - presumably he took to the bottle? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

baby

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'don is out of boyband presumably he took to the bottle?' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'he took to the bottle?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'he' could be 'ab' and 'ab' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'by' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for baby that I've seen before include "Timid person; child" , "New-born child" , "Infant" , "Very small (version)" , "Honey" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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