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Impale this one drunk outside pub — wicked! (15)

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I believe the answer is:

mephistophelian

'wicked' is the definition.
(similar in meaning)

'impale this one drunk outside pub' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'pub' becomes 'ph' (abbreviation for Public House).
'impale'+'this'+'one'='impalethisone'
'impalethisone' with letters rearranged gives 'mephistoelian'.
'mephistoelian' placed around 'ph' is 'MEPHISTOPHELIAN'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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