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Anything that gets a thug drunk (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aught

'anything' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a thug drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates anagramming the letters.
'thug' with letters rearranged gives 'ught'.
'a'+'ught'='AUGHT'

'that gets' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for aught that I've seen before include "Nothing" , "Anything at all (archaic)" , "Emphatically anything" , "Anything (Shakespearean)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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