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Unruly geezer once sober causes misery (8,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ebenezer scrooge

'misery' is the definition.
(miserable character in Dickens' A Christmas Carol)

'unruly geezer once sober' is the wordplay.
'unruly' is an anagram indicator.
'geezer'+'once'+'sober'='geezeroncesober'
'geezeroncesober' with letters rearranged gives 'EBENEZER SCROOGE'.

'causes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ebenezer scrooge that I've seen before include "protagonist in 1a [A CHRISTMAS CAROL]" , "mean-spirited miser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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