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Tea a medic drugged to get wasted? (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

emaciated

'wasted?' is the definition.
(I know that wasted can be written as emaciated)

'tea a medic drugged' is the wordplay.
'drugged' indicates an anagram.
'tea'+'a'+'medic'='teaamedic'
'teaamedic' anagrammed gives 'EMACIATED'.

'to get' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for emaciated that I've seen before include "Cadaverous" , "wasted" , "of very little substance" , "Thin from illness or hunger" , "Extremely thin" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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