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Music-maker having wine outside home (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clarinet

'music-maker' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wine outside home' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'claret' (claret is a kind of wine).
'outside' indicates putting letters inside.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'claret' placed around 'in' is 'CLARINET'.

'having' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for clarinet that I've seen before include "Musical wind instrument as played by Benny Goodman" , "It's for playing" , "Blow that!" , "member of orchestra" , "Single reed woodwind instrument" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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