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Woman breaks record, being the worse for wear (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canned

'being the worse for wear' is the definition.
(both can mean drunk)

'woman breaks record' is the wordplay.
'woman' becomes 'anne' (woman's name).
'breaks' indicates putting letters inside.
'record' becomes 'cd' (type of musical record).
'anne' put within 'cd' is 'CANNED'.

(Other definitions for canned that I've seen before include "A lot of beer is" , "Preserved in a tin" , "Pickled" , "preserved in containers" , "Tinned or pre-recorded" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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