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Stretched three sheets to the wind? (5)

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tight

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(Other definitions for tight that I've seen before include "Miserly or blotto" , "Taut" , "Close - drunk" , "Hard to undo or open" , "Parsimonious" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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