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Hunks crossing ring road to get port or claret (8)

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I believe the answer is:

bordeaux

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'claret' is the definition.
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'hunks crossing ring road' is the wordplay.
'hunks' becomes 'beaux' (plural of beau - beau can mean a boyfriend).
'crossing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ring' becomes 'o' (letter resembling a ring).
'road' becomes 'rd' (abbreviation).
'o'+'rd'='ord'
'beaux' placed around 'ord' is 'BORDEAUX'.

'to get port or' is the link.
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(Other definitions for bordeaux that I've seen before include "Claret district" , "French city" , "Major French centre of the wine trade" , "Claret, for instance" , "French river port - claret" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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