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Member of party departing the Tabard Inn, where everybody’s drunk (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reeve

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'member of party departing the tabard' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'inn where everybody's drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (it was drunk by the letters so within them).
'REEVE' can be found hidden inside 'inn where everybodys'.

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(Other definitions for reeve that I've seen before include "Medieval official - pass rope through an eye" , "See female bird" , "thread his way through" , "old-fashioned official" , "US actor" .)

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