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Sponge misplaced under dark English shed (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

drunkard

'sponge' is the definition.
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'misplaced under dark english shed' is the wordplay.
'misplaced' is an anagram indicator.
'english' becomes 'E' (abbreviation).
'shed' suggests deleting specific letters ('shed' as in 'cut away').
'under'+'dark'='underdark'
'underdark' with 'e' taken away is 'undrdark'.
'undrdark' with letters rearranged gives 'DRUNKARD'.

(Other definitions for drunkard that I've seen before include "One regularly intoxicated" , "Sot, addicted drinker" , "alkie" , "Habitual inebriate" , "One gets soaked" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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