Music one absorbed as a drug! (6)

I believe the answer is:

opiate

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'a drug' is the definition.
(opiate is a kind of drug)

'music one absorbed' is the wordplay.
'music' becomes 'op' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'one' becomes 'I' (Roman numeral).
'absorbed' becomes 'ate' (I've seen this in another clue).
'op'+'i'+'ate'='OPIATE'

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for opiate that I've seen before include "Drug made from poppy" , "A poet I become on this drug" , "Narcotic, such as morphine" , "painkiller" , "Sedating drug" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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