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A light wine, adequate for what’s required of it (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portable

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'a light' is the definition.
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'wine adequate for what's required of it' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'wine' could be 'table' (table wine is a kind of wine) and 'table' is found in the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is found within the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for portable that I've seen before include "easy to bear?" , "desirable type of pension" , "radio" , "Handy - lightweight" , "Easily transported" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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