Troops drunk; one missing in action abroad (7)

Independent Cryptic #11927 | 19 Across | 2024-12-31
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

Troops drunk; one missing in action abroad [LIT (=drunk, inebriated) + I (=one)] in MIA (=missing in action); here “abroad” seems to be suggesting “on the outside” in a container-and-contents clue

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