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Drunkenly inept Rick is overly-fussy critic (3-6)

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nit-picker

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'critic' is the definition.
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'drunkenly inept rick' is the wordplay.
'drunkenly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'inept'+'rick'='ineptrick'
'ineptrick' anagrammed gives 'NIT-PICKER'.

'is overly-fussy' is the link.
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I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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