Crossword Genius

Texts intoxicated -- rue it later (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

literature

'texts' is the definition.
(literature is text or writing)

'intoxicated rue it later' is the wordplay.
'intoxicated' indicates an anagram.
'rue'+'it'+'later'='rueitlater'
'rueitlater' is an anagram of 'LITERATURE'.

(Other definitions for literature that I've seen before include "What author writes" , "fliers" , "Work by Spenser for instance" , "promotional material" , "Written texts" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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