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Junkie-looking criminal ate acid with me (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emaciated

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'junkie-looking' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'criminal ate acid with me' is the wordplay.
'criminal' is an anagram indicator.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ate'+'acid'='ateacid'
'ateacid' after 'me' is 'meateacid'.
'meateacid' is an anagram of 'EMACIATED'.

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(Other definitions for emaciated that I've seen before include "Abnormally thin and weak" , "Extremely thin" , "Thin from illness or hunger" , "skinny" , "of very little substance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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