Not hard to be half sozzled after such an egg (4-6)
I believe the answer is:
soft-boiled
'not hard to be half sozzled after such an egg' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.
'not hard to be half sozzled after such' is the wordplay.
'not hard' becomes 'soft' ('soft' is the opposite to 'hard').
'to be half' means to take half the letters.
'sozzled' becomes 'boiled' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'after' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'such' becomes 'so'.
'soft' halved is 'ft'.
'ft'+'boiled'='ftboiled'
'ftboiled' put after 'so' is 'SOFT-BOILED'.
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