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Drunk, pa's despair vanishes (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

disappears

'vanishes' is the definition.
('disappear' can be a synonym of 'vanish')

'drunk pa's despair' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'pas'+'despair'='pasdespair'
'pasdespair' with letters rearranged gives 'DISAPPEARS'.

(Other definitions for disappears that I've seen before include "becomes lost" , "goes missing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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