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Lived to have drunken, lewd time (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dwelt

'lived' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'drunken lewd time' is the wordplay.
'drunken' indicates an anagram.
'time' becomes 't' (abbreviation).
'lewd' with letters rearranged gives 'dwel'.
'dwel'+'t'='DWELT'

'to have' is the link.

(Other definitions for dwelt that I've seen before include "was established" , "Persistently thought" , "Spoke at length" , "Had house" , "Lived, resided" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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