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Person, mellow, back in wine shop (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bodega

'wine shop' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'person mellow back' is the wordplay.
'person' becomes 'bod' (bod can informally mean a person or body).
'mellow' becomes 'age' (both can mean to mature).
'back' is a reversal indicator.
'age' in reverse letter order is 'ega'.
'bod'+'ega'='BODEGA'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for bodega that I've seen before include "Small Hispanic wine-shop" , "Wine-shop in a Spanish-speaking country" , "Small Spanish grocery and wine store" , "Shop or cellar in Spain for selling wine" , "Liquor store" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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