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Fruit drink swallowed, having taken too many blows (5-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

punch-drunk

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'taken too many blows' is the definition.
The answer and definition are not the same part of speech. However, past participle verbs and adjectives can sometimes mean the same thing.

'fruit drink swallowed' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'drink' could be 'punch' (punch is an alcoholic drink) and 'punch' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'drunk' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'having' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for punch-drunk that I've seen before include "Stupefied by heavy blows" , "Suffering from stupefaction due to repeated blows to the head" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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