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Sidles out, upset and abandoned (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dissolute

'abandoned' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'sidles out upset' is the wordplay.
'upset' is an anagram indicator.
'sidles'+'out'='sidlesout'
'sidlesout' is an anagram of 'DISSOLUTE'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for dissolute that I've seen before include "Sensually overindulgent" , "Duelist so (anag) - debauched" , "O, lust dies when one is this loose in morals" , "Sensually overindugent" , "Old tissue (anag) - like a rake?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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