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Drink some beer, eating egg hard-boiled, perhaps (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pinot noir

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'drink' is the definition.
(Pinot noir is an example)

'some beer eating egg hard-boiled perhaps' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'egg' could be 'o' (an 'o' resembles an egg) and 'o' is present in the answer.
'beer' could be 'pint' (beer is typically served by the pint) and 'pint' is found within the remaining letters.
The remaining letters 'noir' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for pinot noir that I've seen before include "Drink" , "Red wine grape" , "Fruit" , "no white wine" , "18 [WINE]" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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