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Parisian who comes in late plastered — on this? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tequila

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'this?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'parisian who comes in late plastered' is the wordplay.
'parisian who' becomes 'qui' (I've seen this in other clues).
'comes in' indicates putting letters inside.
'plastered' indicates an anagram (plastered can informally mean drunk).
'late' anagrammed gives 'tela'.
'qui' going into 'tela' is 'TEQUILA'.

'on' is the link.

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(Other definitions for tequila that I've seen before include "Distilled agave drink" , "Is there another drink to equal it?" , "Mexican alcoholic drink" , "one in the slammer" , "Cocktail -- 1988 American crime film -- equaliser units (anag)" .)

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