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It's a job being drunk mostly, right? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

plasterer

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'mostly right?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'it's a job being drunk' is the wordplay.
'it's a' becomes 'per' (eg 'one a day' means 'one per day').
'job being' becomes 'laster' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'drunk' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are drunk in).
'per' enclosing 'laster' is 'PLASTERER'.

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(Other definitions for plasterer that I've seen before include "may get one drunk?" , "One covering walls" , "Coverer of walls, ceilings, etc" , "Tradesman" , "Workman who skims along" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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