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Man bottling wine very early in the morning (7)

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I believe the answer is:

predawn

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'very early in the morning' is the definition.
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'man bottling wine' is the wordplay.
'man' becomes 'pawn' (pawn is a kind of man**).
'bottling' is an insertion indicator (bottling is a kind of containing).
'wine' becomes 'red' (red wine is a kind of wine).
'pawn' enclosing 'red' is 'PREDAWN'.

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(Other definitions for predawn that I've seen before include "Before first light" , "when the night is very far spent" , "Before the sun begins to rise" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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