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Describe wine and fish (7)

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I believe the answer is:

portray

'describe' is the definition.
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'wine and fish' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'port' (port is a kind of wine).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'fish' becomes 'ray' (ray is a kind of fish).
'port'+'ray'='PORTRAY'

(Other definitions for portray that I've seen before include "Depict, present" , "Describe in words or make a picture" , "Depict in art" , "Delineate" , "Paint a picture" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Irish News.
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