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Grunt about new and old wine left out in the cold (7)

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I believe the answer is:

ignored

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'left out in the cold' is the definition.
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'grunt about new and old wine' is the wordplay.
'grunt about' becomes 'ig' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'old' becomes 'o' (abbreviation).
'wine' becomes 'red' (red is a type of wine).
'ig'+'n'+'o'+'red'='IGNORED'

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(Other definitions for ignored that I've seen before include "Took no notice of" , "Snubbed" , "Failed to notice" , "Cut" , "Shunned" .)

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