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Burgundy wine found by outskirts of Youghal - that's material (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vinyl

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'material' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both substances as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'burgundy wine found by outskirts of youghal' is the wordplay.
'burgundy wine' becomes 'vin' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'found by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'outskirts of' suggests removing the centre (only letters on the outskirts).
'youghal' with its middle removed is 'yl'.
'vin'+'yl'='VINYL'

'that's' is the link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for vinyl that I've seen before include "A plastic (LPs)" , "Plastic used for gramophone records" , "& 24 Across Pre-CD disc" , "Old record material" , "Shiny, tough and flexible material used for floor coverings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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