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Opening of bottles: port and spirit (4)

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I believe the answer is:

brio

'spirit' is the definition.
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'opening of bottles port' is the wordplay.
'opening of' says to take the initial letters.
'port' becomes 'rio' (I've seen this before).
The first letter of 'bottles' is 'b'.
'b'+'rio'='BRIO'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for brio that I've seen before include "Enthusiasm" , "'Liveliness, vivacity (4)'" , "Vivacity of style" , "Dash or verve, from Italian" , "Animation (Italian)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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