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Drunken sot, I see, showing no emotion (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stoic

'showing no emotion' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'drunken sot i see' is the wordplay.
'drunken' indicates an anagram.
'see' becomes 'C' (the word for the letter, according to Chambers).
'sot' with letters rearranged gives 'sto'.
'sto'+'i'+'c'='STOIC'

(Other definitions for stoic that I've seen before include "Uncomplaining in suffering" , "Long-suffering type; follower of Zeno" , "Greek in school" , "the original Zeno?" , "Someone seemingly indifferent to pleasure or pain" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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