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Drunk beginning to braise game (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

blotto

'drunk' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'beginning to braise game' is the wordplay.
'beginning to' suggests taking the first letters.
'game' becomes 'lotto' (lotto is a kind of game).
The first letter of 'braise' is 'b'.
'b'+'lotto'='BLOTTO'

(Other definitions for blotto that I've seen before include "Extremely drunk" , "Unconscious from drink" , "Slangily drunk - ready to bolt" , "Boot Lt. out for being drunk" , "Helplessly drunk (slang)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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