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Artist takes one old judge some wine (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rioja

'some wine' is the definition.
(Rioja is an example)

'artist takes one old judge' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'takes' indicates putting letters inside.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'old' becomes 'o' (common abbreviation eg in OE for Old English).
'judge' becomes 'J' (abbreviation for judge).
'i'+'o'+'j'='ioj'
'ra' placed around 'ioj' is 'RIOJA'.

(Other definitions for rioja that I've seen before include "North Spanish wine" , "it comes from grapevine" , "wine region" , "Wine from northern Spain" , "Spanish table wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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