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Carriage of French wine people start to tip (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

deportment

'carriage' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'of french wine people start to tip' is the wordplay.
'of french' becomes 'de'.
'wine' becomes 'port' (port is a kind of wine**).
'people' becomes 'men' (man is a kind of person).
'start to' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'tip' is 't'.
'de'+'port'+'men'+'t'='DEPORTMENT'

(Other definitions for deportment that I've seen before include "Conduct" , "The way a person stands and walks" , "Way of standing or walking" , "Behaviour - bearing" , "(Physical) bearing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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