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Easily carried fortified wine given to expert (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portable

'easily carried' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fortified wine given to expert' is the wordplay.
'fortified wine' becomes 'port' (port is a kind of fortified wine).
'given to' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'expert' becomes 'able' (I've seen this before).
'port'+'able'='PORTABLE'

(Other definitions for portable that I've seen before include "Maybe laptop" , "Able to be carried" , "Laptop, for example" , "desirable type of pension" , "to take with you" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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