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Drunken fool embracing king, bound together (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tightknit

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'bound together' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives occasionally mean the same thing.

'drunken fool embracing king' is the wordplay.
'drunken' becomes 'tight' (I've seen this in other clues).
'fool' becomes 'nit' (both can mean a stupid person).
'embracing' is an insertion indicator.
'king' becomes 'K' (chess abbreviation).
'tight'+'nit'='tightnit'
'tightnit' placed around 'k' is 'TIGHTKNIT'.

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(Other definitions for tightknit that I've seen before include "Closely integrated" , "Closely bound" , "organised carefully" , "well-organised" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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