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Climber gets talkative with wine (8,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rambling rose

'climber' is the definition.
(climbing plant)

'talkative with wine' is the wordplay.
'talkative' becomes 'rambling' (to ramble is to talk excessively).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'wine' becomes 'rose' (rose is a kind of wine).
'rambling'+'rose'='RAMBLING ROSE'

'gets' is the link.

(Another definition for rambling rose that I've seen is " Climbing and straggling plant".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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