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Drunk lies with wife, getting to sleep having cocktail (7)

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swizzle

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(Other definitions for swizzle that I've seen before include "It's used to take the fizz out of drinks" , "Fraud" , "Mixed alcoholic drink" , "great disappointment" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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