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A reminder to carry on with wine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

keepsake

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

'carry on with wine' is the wordplay.
'carry on' becomes 'keep'.
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'wine' becomes 'sake'.
'keep'+'sake'='KEEPSAKE'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for keepsake that I've seen before include "Gift, reminder" , "Souvenir, memento" , "Thing retained in memory of giver" , "to remember one by" , "It serves to keep a person in mind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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