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Meal and wine served up outside hostelry (6)

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I believe the answer is:

dinner

'meal' is the definition.
(dinner is a kind of meal)

'wine served up outside hostelry' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red wine is a kind of wine**).
'served up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'hostelry' becomes 'inn' ('inn' can be a synonym of 'hostelry').
'red' written backwards gives 'der'.
'der' enclosing 'inn' is 'DINNER'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for dinner that I've seen before include "Main meal of day" , "serving in 20 [MESS] ?" , "What feeds" , "Repast" , "Supper" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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