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Drunk turning up around end of party flirts (4)

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I believe the answer is:

toys

'flirts' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'drunk turning up around end of party' is the wordplay.
'drunk' becomes 'sot' (both can mean someone who drinks too much).
'turning up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'end of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'party' is 'y'.
'sot' written backwards gives 'tos'.
'tos' going around 'y' is 'TOYS'.

(Other definitions for toys that I've seen before include "Amusing items" , "dolls, for example" , "Film" , "Trifles with playthings" , "Matters of no importance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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