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Closely resembling the way drunkards walk? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tightly

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'way drunkards walk?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'closely resembling' is the wordplay.
'closely' becomes 'tight' (synonyms).
'resembling' becomes 'ly' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'tight'+'ly'='TIGHTLY'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tightly that I've seen before include "Securely" , "In a close-fitting manner" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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