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Pester star consuming ecstasy (5)

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beset

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(Other definitions for beset that I've seen before include "Attacked from all sides" , "Assail (with problems?)" , "Surrounded, under siege" , "surrounded by hostile forces" , "Press" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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