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Mixing oil into French wine, one takes bow (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

violin

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'one takes bow' is the definition.
'violin' can be an answer for 'bow' (thesaurus). I am not sure about the 'one takes' bit.

'mixing oil into french wine' is the wordplay.
'mixing' indicates anagramming the letters.
'into' is an insertion indicator.
'french wine' becomes 'vin' ('wine' in French).
'oil' anagrammed gives 'oli'.
'oli' going inside 'vin' is 'VIOLIN'.

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(Other definitions for violin that I've seen before include "A stringed musical instrument, say a Stradivarius" , "Bowed instrument" , "An elevated fiddle" , "Instrument with four strings" , "Menuhin's instrument" .)

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