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Grandiose wine at bottom of tank cold (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bombastic

'grandiose' is the definition.
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'wine at bottom of tank cold' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'asti' (Italian wine).
'at bottom of' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go underneath others).
'tank' becomes 'bomb' (I've seen this in another clue).
'cold' becomes 'C' (eg on taps).
'asti' put after 'bomb' is 'bombasti'.
'bombasti'+'c'='BOMBASTIC'

(Other definitions for bombastic that I've seen before include "I cast bomb, being pompous in speech" , "affected" , "Declamatory, ostentatiously lofty" , "Extravagant" , "Pretentious" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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