He can only take so much red wine (5)

I believe the answer is:

edwin

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'he' is the definition.
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'much red wine' is the wordplay.
'much' indicates a hidden word (many of the letters in the clue).
'EDWIN' is hidden in the letters of 'red wine'.

'can only take so' is the link.
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(Other definitions for edwin that I've seen before include "Dickens's Drood" , "and 19: Dickensian character" , "English king" , "Northumbrian king" , "-- Hubble (astronomer)" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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