Related Clues:

• Aspersion on the staff, perhaps
• In journal I believed it was defamation
• Slight defect in speech?
• But it's no aspersion on the score
• It might arise from some celeb I lampooned
• Lap up nearly all and sound drunk
• A slight sign of drinking too much?
• Book that's put in fake story initially liable for this?
• Disparage endless noise when drinking
• A slight mark on the music
• Slight indistinctness of speech
• Offence produced by false statement about British learner
• Hurtful comment
• Speak thickly
• Stain on one's reputation to talk as if drunk