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High priest's tone delights recruits (6)

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stoned

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'high' is the definition.
(on drugs)

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(Other definitions for stoned that I've seen before include "High; intoxicated" , "On a drug-induced high" , "Like Olive perhaps" , "High on a drug" , "Slangily drunk or biblically executed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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