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Those escaping criticism pocket wages at banks to acquire wine business (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sacred cows

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'those escaping criticism' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'pocket wages at banks to acquire wine business' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'pocket' could be 'sac' (synonyms) and 'sac' is found in the answer.
'wine' could be 'red' (red is a type of wine) and 'red' is found within the answer.
'business' could be 'co' (short for company) and 'co' is present in the answer.
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