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Party with odd bits of wine to drink (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

down

'drink' is the definition.
(downing is a kind of drinking)

'party with odd bits of wine' is the wordplay.
'party' becomes 'do' (do is a kind of party).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'odd bits of' indicates alternate letters.
The alternate letters of 'wine' are 'wn'.
'do'+'wn'='DOWN'

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for down that I've seen before include "Depressed - feathers" , "Depressed - Irish county" , "Pillow filler - dejected" , "Soft feathers (like this clue)" , "Soft fine feathers" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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