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More intoxicated after friend gets Italian port (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

palermo

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'italian port' is the definition.
'palermo' can be an answer for 'port' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'italian' bit.

'more intoxicated after friend' is the wordplay.
'intoxicated' is an anagram indicator.
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal can mean a friend).
'more' is an anagram of 'ermo'.
'ermo' after 'pal' is 'PALERMO'.

'gets' is the link.

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(Other definitions for palermo that I've seen before include "Main city of Sicily" , "Chief port of Sicily" , "Sicilian city" , "Sicilian capital" , "Italian capital" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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