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Donations for working in bread and wine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

malmsey

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'wine' is the definition.
(malmsey is a type of wine)

'donations for working in bread' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'donations' could be 'alms' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'alms' is found within the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for malmsey that I've seen before include "Fortified Madeira wine" , "Sweet Madeira wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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