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It's almost a toss-up whether he's sozzled! (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sot

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'whether he's sozzled' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'it's almost a toss-up' is the wordplay.
'it's almost' means to remove the last letter (almost the whole word is kept).
'up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'toss' with its last letter taken away is 'tos'.
'tos' backwards is 'SOT'.

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(Other definitions for sot that I've seen before include "drunk" , "Boozer" , "Lush" , "Habitual drunkard" , "A chronic drinker" .)

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