Misguided nonspecialists reject Pinot with fishy appearance? (9)
I believe the answer is:
scaliness
'fishy appearance?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.
'misguided nonspecialists reject pinot' is the wordplay.
'misguided' indicates anagramming the letters (letters guided into the wrong places).
'reject' suggests deleting specific letters.
'nonspecialists' with 'pinot' taken away is 'nsecaliss'.
'nsecaliss' is an anagram of 'SCALINESS'.
'with' acts as a link.
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