Drunk as McGinty, frequenting bars? (9)

I believe the answer is:

gymnastic

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'frequenting bars?' is the definition.
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'drunk as mcginty' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'as'+'mcginty'='asmcginty'
'asmcginty' anagrammed gives 'GYMNASTIC'.

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(Other definitions for gymnastic that I've seen before include "Involving exercises" , "Very agile" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.

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