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The French eleven going around, drunk (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

legless

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

'the french eleven going around' is the wordplay.
'the french' becomes 'les' (plural form of 'the' in French).
'eleven going' becomes 'legs' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'les' going within 'legs' is 'LEGLESS'.

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(Other definitions for legless that I've seen before include "So unable to walk" , "As one may be after convivial time in club" , "Brahms and Liszt" , "like a fish?" , "as a snake" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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