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Drunk bringing large snake into bed (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bladdered

'drunk' is the definition.

'large snake into bed' is the wordplay.
'large' becomes 'l'.
'snake' becomes 'adder' (adder is a kind of snake**).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'l'+'adder'='ladder'
'ladder' placed into 'bed' is 'BLADDERED'.

'bringing' is the link.

(Other definitions for bladdered that I've seen before include "Drunk (slang)" , "Well away" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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