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Answer for the clue "Out of bed, drunk and tense ", 7 letters:
uptight

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Wiktionary Word definitions in Wiktionary
a. 1 (context colloquial English) Excessively concerned with rules and order. 2 (context colloquial English) Sexually repressed. 3 (context colloquial English) Unfriendly and rude. n. (context colloquial English) An uptight person.

Wikipedia Word definitions in Wikipedia
Uptight (also known as Up Tight! ) is a 1968 American drama film directed by Jules Dassin . It was intended as an updated version of John Ford 's 1935 film, The Informer , but the setting was transposed from Dublin , Ireland to Cleveland , Ohio , United ...

Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary Word definitions in Douglas Harper's Etymology Dictionary
"tense," slang, 1934, from up- + tight (adj.). Meaning "straight-laced" first recorded 1969. It was used in a sense of "excellent" in jazz slang c.1962.

Usage examples of uptight.

Sarah and Caitlin were the uptight brainiacs, so it was only natural for them to get all caught up in this thing.

Courtney was perfectly nice and Harry could see that she certainly loved Jack, in an uptight, chilly, preppy sort of way, but Harry did not think that Jack loved Courtney.

That some uptight girl who works in an office during the day might really be this wild stripper on the weekend.

When Lotus became too uptight, too bureaucratic, too far from the true sources of his own satisfaction, Kapor walked.

Newerth, Ben’s uptight butler, had even confided that he'd caught Elvis sleeping in Ben’s bed on occasion, a sight Alannah had a hard time imagining.

As soon as I say I want someone to make baking powder for cooking they get all uptight and condescending.

Philippist Lutherans frequently thought that Flacians tended to be uptight, overly orthodox, ultrarigid pains.