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Being exhausted, fished out a bit of wine (8)

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I believe the answer is:

finished

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'being exhausted' is the definition.
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'fished out a bit of wine' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'a bit of wine' becomes 'ni' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'fished' enclosing 'ni' is 'FINISHED'.

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(Other definitions for finished that I've seen before include "Complete" , "exhausted" , "Brought to an end" , "Done, over, ended" , "wrapped up" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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