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A French port -- open a bottle (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

uncork

'open a bottle' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a french port' is the wordplay.
'a french' becomes 'un' ('a' in French).
'port' becomes 'cork' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'un'+'cork'='UNCORK'

(Other definitions for uncork that I've seen before include "Open (Chablis, say)" , "Remove traditional stopper from wine bottle" , "Open (a wine bottle)" , "Release the stopper" , "Clear a bottleneck" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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