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It's quite fair to sing about wine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sporting

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'it's quite fair' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'sing about wine' is the wordplay.
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'wine' becomes 'port' (port wine is a kind of wine).
'sing' going around 'port' is 'SPORTING'.

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sporting that I've seen before include "game" , "Able to take defeats in good part" , "Diver's point of departure" , "Fair (chance)" , "Fair and generous" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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