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Amazing wine pairings arranged (12)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aweinspiring

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'amazing' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are present participle verbs.
Maybe you can see a link between them that I don't see?

'wine pairings arranged' is the wordplay.
'arranged' indicates anagramming the letters (letters rearranged).
'wine'+'pairings'='winepairings'
'winepairings' with letters rearranged gives 'AWEINSPIRING'.

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