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Playwright messed up bins having taken drug (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ibsen

'playwright' is the definition.
(Henrik Ibsen, 1828-1906)

'messed up bins having taken drug' is the wordplay.
'messed up' indicates an anagram.
'having taken' indicates putting letters inside.
'drug' becomes 'e' (E is another name for ecstasy).
'bins' is an anagram of 'ibsn'.
'ibsn' enclosing 'e' is 'IBSEN'.

(Other definitions for ibsen that I've seen before include "Norwegian dramatist, Henrik (1828-1906)" , ""Doll's House" dramatist" , "famous Norwegian" , "See 7 Down" , "'Doll's House' playwright" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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