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Drunken bully is very stressing (4-8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

high-pressure

'very stressing' is the definition.
(high-pressure can mean demanding or stressful)

'drunken bully' is the wordplay.
'drunken' becomes 'high' (high can informally mean drunk).
'bully' becomes 'pressure' (bully can mean to pressure or coerce).
'high'+'pressure'='HIGH-PRESSURE'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for high-pressure that I've seen before include "(Of selling) aggressively persistent" , "Aggressive (selling)" , "Stressful; persuasive" , "Aggressive, forceful" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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