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Energy one gets with flipping wine one downed (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eaten

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'one downed' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'energy one gets with flipping wine' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is present in the answer.
'one' could be 'a' (a thing is one thing) and 'a' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'ten' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for eaten that I've seen before include "Put away" , "Gobbled" , "Devoured" , "demolished, possibly" , "Taken into the body as food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sunday Times.
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