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Squander brief daytime kip, getting maximally flushed? (9)

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I believe the answer is:

blowsiest

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'brief daytime kip getting maximally flushed?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this definition defines the answer.

'squander' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'squander' could be 'blow' (synonyms) and 'blow' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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