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Cuts off whatever in wine region (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tuscany

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'wine region' is the definition.
'Tuscany' can be an answer for 'region' (Tuscany is an example). I'm not sure about the 'wine' bit.

'cuts off whatever' is the wordplay.
'off' indicates an anagram.
'whatever' becomes 'any' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cuts' anagrammed gives 'tusc'.
'tusc'+'any'='TUSCANY'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for tuscany that I've seen before include "'Chiantishire'" , "somewhere in Italy" , "place producing Chianti" , "Prosperous region of west-central Italy" , "Italian region, capital Florence" .)

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