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Conflicted by rubbish wines being savagely criticised (4,2,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

torn to shreds

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'savagely criticised' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'conflicted by rubbish wines' is the wordplay.
'conflicted' becomes 'torn' (I've seen this in another clue).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'rubbish' becomes 'tosh' (both can mean nonsense).
'wines' becomes 'reds'.
'torn'+'tosh'+'reds'='TORN TO SHREDS'

'being' is the link.

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(Another definition for torn to shreds that I've seen is " ripped apart".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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