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One receiving a blow in investing in wine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clarinet

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'one receiving a blow' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'investing in wine' is the wordplay.
'investing' is an insertion indicator (inserted letters are taken in or invested).
'wine' becomes 'claret' (claret is a kind of wine).
'in' going within 'claret' is 'CLARINET'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for clarinet that I've seen before include "23 instrument" , "Instrument in claret, strangely" , "that works off wind" , "It's for playing" , "Blow that!" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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