Russell Crowe ultimately drunk and unregulated (8)
I believe the answer is:
ruleless
'unregulated' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?
'russell crowe ultimately drunk' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' indicates one should take the final letters.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
The final letter of 'crowe' is 'e'.
'russell'+'e'='russelle'
'russelle' with letters rearranged gives 'RULELESS'.
'and' is the link.
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