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Note on wine that's no longer fresh (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tired

'no longer fresh' is the definition.
(tired can mean cliched or not fresh)

'note on wine' is the wordplay.
'note' becomes 'ti' (musical note as in do re mi so fa la ti).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red wine is an example).
'ti'+'red'='TIRED'

'that's' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for tired that I've seen before include "Zonked" , "knackered" , "Spent" , "Played out" , "Done in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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