Clue: Stripper in ecstasy I'd fooled around with (9)
Answer: ECDYSIAST
Explanation: Definition: Stripper
(ECSTASY I'D). This pseudo-learned word for a stripper (which luckily I had seen before, making it an easy entry) was apparently invented by H L Mencken and based on "ecdydis", meaning the stripping off of old skin