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Fantastic eastern wit, a discriminating drinker (4,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wine taster

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'a discriminating drinker' is the definition.
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'fantastic eastern wit' is the wordplay.
'fantastic' indicates an anagram.
'eastern'+'wit'='easternwit'
'easternwit' is an anagram of 'WINE TASTER'.

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(Other definitions for wine taster that I've seen before include "Person with refined palate" , "Drinks sampler" , "Person presented bouquets, perhaps" , "judge turning to drink" .)

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