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Prostitute can't rouse drunk (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

courtesan

'prostitute' is the definition.
(courtesan is a kind of prostitute)

'can't rouse drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'cant'+'rouse'='cantrouse'
'cantrouse' is an anagram of 'COURTESAN'.

(Other definitions for courtesan that I've seen before include "Fanny Hill, perhaps" , "lover" , "Prostitute - mistress of high-ranking man" , "paramour" , "Kept woman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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