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A brew and 50 per cent blissful is burgundy (7)

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I believe the answer is:

chablis

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'burgundy' is the definition.
(Chablis is an example)

'a brew and 50 per cent' is the wordplay.
'a brew' becomes 'cha' (I've seen this in other clues).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'50' suggests halving the letters.
'per' becomes 'by'.
'cent' becomes 'lis' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'by' halved is 'b'.
'cha'+'b'+'lis'='CHABLIS'

'blissful is' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for chablis that I've seen before include "French town noted for white Burgundy wines" , "Dry white Burgundy" , "Dry Burgundy wine" , "Town in north central France noted for white Burgundy wines" , "Drink" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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