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High street dead around lunchtime? (6)

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I believe the answer is:

stoned

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'high' is the definition.
(on drugs)

'street dead around lunchtime?' is the wordplay.
'street' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'dead around lunchtime?' becomes 'oned' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'st'+'oned'='STONED'

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(Other definitions for stoned that I've seen before include "put to death" , "with jewels" , "on a trip" , "Like Olive perhaps" , "attacked with missiles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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