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Bearing a large damaged crate of wine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

claret

'wine' is the definition.
(claret is a kind of wine)

'bearing a large damaged crate' is the wordplay.
'bearing' is an insertion indicator.
'a large' becomes 'l'.
'damaged' is an anagram indicator.
'crate' with letters rearranged gives 'caret'.
'l' inserted inside 'caret' is 'CLARET'.

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for claret that I've seen before include "Dark purplish-red colour" , "Deep purplish colour" , "Shade of red" , "Irish county starts the wine" , "Wine from the Bordeaux region" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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