Drunkenly to lie about the civic centre is bad (4)

I believe the answer is:

evil

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'is bad' is the definition.
(associated in meaning)

'drunkenly to lie about the civic centre' is the wordplay.
'drunkenly' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'the civic centre' becomes 'v' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'lie' anagrammed gives 'eil'.
'eil' placed around 'v' is 'EVIL'.

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(Other definitions for evil that I've seen before include "Unholy" , "Wicked or immoral" , "Villainy" , "Excellent" , "Moral depravity" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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