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Stagger to us, and drunkenly! (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

astound

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

'to us and drunkenly' is the wordplay.
'drunkenly' indicates anagramming the letters.
'to'+'us'+'and'='tousand'
'tousand' with letters rearranged gives 'ASTOUND'.

(Other definitions for astound that I've seen before include "Bewilder" , "Stagger" , "Shock, surprise greatly" , "Startle" , "Bowl over" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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