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Loud female ultimately consumed by drink? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ladette

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'loud female' is the definition.
(a ladette is a boisterous young woman)

'ultimately consumed by drink?' is the wordplay.
'ultimately' becomes 'de' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'consumed by' indicates putting letters inside (inserted letters get consumed).
'drink?' becomes 'latte' (type of coffee drink).
'de' inserted inside 'latte' is 'LADETTE'.

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(Other definitions for ladette that I've seen before include "Loutish girl" , "irl, a lager lout" , "Girl likely to drink lots" , "boozy girl" , "Young woman with a loutish lifestyle?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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