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Nine under the table (3,4,3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

one over the eight

'under the table' is the definition.
(both can refer to drunkenness)

I don't understand the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for one over the eight that I've seen before include "Merry individual" , "Cox" , "having had too much to drink?" , "individual in charge of rowers?" , "drunk?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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