Liqueur seen to spoil a small cloth (10)
I believe the answer is:
maraschino
'liqueur' is the definition.
(I know that Maraschino is a type of liqueur)
'to spoil a small cloth' is the wordplay.
'to spoil' becomes 'mar' (synonyms).
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'cloth' becomes 'chino' (chino is a kind of cloth).
'mar'+'a'+'s'+'chino'='MARASCHINO'
'seen' acts as a link.
(Another definition for maraschino that I've seen is " Harmonicas (anag) - cherry liqueur".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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