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Drunkard carrying heroin and crack (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shot

'crack' is the definition.
('shot' can be a synonym of 'crack')

'drunkard carrying heroin' is the wordplay.
'drunkard' becomes 'sot' ('sot' can be a synonym of 'drunkard').
'carrying' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'heroin' becomes 'h' ('H' can be a synonym of 'heroin').
'sot' enclosing 'h' is 'SHOT'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for shot that I've seen before include "Goal attempt" , "Photo; try" , "Zoomed" , "Charge" , "injured or killed?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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