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Standing in a cornfield may be good for a drunken sot (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stook

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'standing in a cornfield may' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'good for a drunken sot' is the wordplay.
'good' becomes 'ok'.
'for' says to put letters next to each other (I've seen this in other clues).
'a drunken' is an anagram indicator.
'sot' is an anagram of 'sto'.
'ok' after 'sto' is 'STOOK'.

'be' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for stook that I've seen is " Group of sheaves set up in a field".)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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