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Dry wine for those taking flight (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

airport

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'those taking flight' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'dry wine' is the wordplay.
'dry' becomes 'air' (airing is a kind of drying).
'wine' becomes 'port' (port wine is a kind of wine).
'air'+'port'='AIRPORT'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for airport that I've seen before include "John Lennon, say" , "The travel depot is a roar pit" , "Charles de Gaulle maybe" , "Place for comings and goings -- or a trip (anag)" , "Liverpool's John Lennon, for example" .)

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