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Whiskey gets alien soaked (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wet

'soaked' is the definition.
(I know that soaked can be written as wet)

'whiskey gets alien' is the wordplay.
'whiskey' becomes 'W' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'gets' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'alien' becomes 'et' (extra terrestrial).
'w'+'et'='WET'

(Other definitions for wet that I've seen before include "Rainy; feeble person" , "Irresolute" , "Rainy (weather)" , "Moistened" , "Soaked with water" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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