Medic, attractive bloke, leaving hospital lit (5)

I believe the answer is:

drunk

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'lit' is the definition.
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'medic attractive bloke leaving hospital' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'medic' could be 'dr' (abbreviation for doctor) and 'dr' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for drunk that I've seen before include "Intoxicated" , "Inebriated" , "Nine Ac" , "Wino" , "Pickled (sl.)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.

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