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Eccentric drunken widower giving out whiskey (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

weirdo

'eccentric' is the definition.
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'drunken widower giving out whiskey' is the wordplay.
'drunken' indicates anagramming the letters.
'giving out' suggests deleting specific letters.
'whiskey' becomes 'w' (alpha bravo charlie delta ...).
'widower' with 'w' removed is 'idower'.
'idower' with letters rearranged gives 'WEIRDO'.

(Other definitions for weirdo that I've seen before include "Odd fish" , "Odd bod" , "Eccentric type" , "Slang for odd or eccentric person" , "Odd type" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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