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See addict transformed, without minimal cocaine, totally dried out (10)

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I believe the answer is:

desiccated

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'dried out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'see addict transformed without minimal cocaine' is the wordplay.
'transformed' is an anagram indicator.
'without' indicates putting letters inside ('without' can be similar in meaning to 'outside').
'minimal' says to take the initial letters.
The first letter of 'cocaine' is 'c'.
'see'+'addict'='seeaddict'
'seeaddict' anagrammed gives 'desicated'.
'desicated' placed around 'c' is 'DESICCATED'.

'totally' is the link.
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(Other definitions for desiccated that I've seen before include "sterile" , "Dried out" , "without passion" , "dry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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