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Number stay drunk and abusive (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nasty

'abusive' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'number stay drunk' is the wordplay.
'number' becomes 'n' (n can represent any number).
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'stay' anagrammed gives 'asty'.
'n'+'asty'='NASTY'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for nasty that I've seen before include "Offensive or malicious" , "Disgusting" , "Foul" , "Disagreeable" , "Repulsive" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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