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Help to drink wine (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

support

'help' is the definition.
(I know this)

'drink wine' is the wordplay.
'drink' becomes 'sup' (to sup is to drink).
'wine' becomes 'port' (port wine is a kind of wine).
'sup'+'port'='SUPPORT'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for support that I've seen before include "Buttress" , "Champion" , "base" , "Help -- encourage" , "Maintain, back" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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