Not a hope, unfortunately, to get grape for wine (8)
I believe the answer is:
hanepoot
'get grape for wine' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.
'not a hope unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates anagramming the letters (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'not'+'a'+'hope'='notahope'
'notahope' is an anagram of 'HANEPOOT'.
'to' acts as a link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Another definition for hanepoot that I've seen is " Muscat".)
I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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