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Great air-cooler finally kept wine cold (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

fantastic

'great' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'air-cooler finally kept wine cold' is the wordplay.
'air-cooler' becomes 'fan'.
'finally' says to take the final letters.
'wine' becomes 'asti' (I've seen this before).
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
The final letter of 'kept' is 't'.
'fan'+'t'+'asti'+'c'='FANTASTIC'

(Other definitions for fantastic that I've seen before include "Brilliant or unbelievable" , "Marvellous" , "Wild" , "Terrific" , "Extravagant, superb or beyond belief" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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