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Smell old drunk (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stinko

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

'smell old' is the wordplay.
'smell' becomes 'stink' (stink is a kind of smell**).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'stink'+'o'='STINKO'

(Other definitions for stinko that I've seen before include "Tight" , "Drunk" , "worse for wear" , "one over the eight?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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