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Drank too much in station, keeling over (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

toped

'drank too much' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'station keeling over' is the wordplay.
'station' becomes 'depot' (depot is a kind of station).
'keeling over' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, words go up).
'depot' back-to-front is 'TOPED'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for toped that I've seen before include "Drunk" , "went on a binge?" , "had lots of booze" , "fond of the booze?" , "Had lots of drinks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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