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Wasted perhaps, deejay on MDMA in voice (9)

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I believe the answer is:

adjective

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'wasted' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'deejay on mdma in voice' is the wordplay.
'deejay on' becomes 'dj' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'mdma' becomes 'E' (MDMA is ecstasy, ie 'E').
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'voice' becomes 'active' (active voice is a kind of voice).
'dj'+'e'='dje'
'dje' inserted within 'active' is 'ADJECTIVE'.

'perhaps' is the link.

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(Other definitions for adjective that I've seen before include "Word added to noun to qualify meaning" , "Descriptive word" , "Word qualifying a noun" , "Qualifying or descriptive part of speech" , "It describes a noun" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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