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Drinking booze, essentially hammered after one gets divorced (8)

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I believe the answer is:

isolated

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'divorced' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for isolated that I've seen before include "kept separate" , "Set apart, quarantined" , "Segregated" , "Remote; lonely" , "'Detached, kept apart (8)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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