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Notched up from company in Southern Wine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scored

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'notched up' is the definition.
'scored' can be an answer for 'notched' (scoring is a kind of notching). I am not sure about the 'up' bit.

'company in southern wine' is the wordplay.
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'wine' becomes 'red' (red is a type of wine).
's'+'red'='sred'
'co' placed inside 'sred' is 'SCORED'.

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for scored that I've seen before include "Got a goal" , "Gained points in a game" , "ran" , "Wrote 8 -- made marks on the surface" , "Cut" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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