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Result of topless drinking bout? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

arousal

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This might be a double definition.

'result of topless drinking' is the first definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'bout?' is the second definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

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(Other definitions for arousal that I've seen before include "Act of waking (someone)" , "Awakening (of emotion, etc)" , "Sexual excitement" , "heating?" , "Awakening; stimulation" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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