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Grotesque, having caught drunken expostulation (6)

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I believe the answer is:

gothic

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'grotesque' is the definition.
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'caught drunken expostulation' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'got' ('get' can be a synonym of 'catch').
'drunken expostulation' becomes 'hic' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'got'+'hic'='GOTHIC'

'having' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for gothic that I've seen before include "Style between Romanesque and Classical" , "Old-fashioned type" , "Style of e.g. Notre-Dame, Chartres" , "as some Germans were" , "Medieval architecture style" .)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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