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Quail and cold wine is brought out (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wince

'quail' is the definition.
(I know that quail can be written as wince)

'cold wine is brought out' is the wordplay.
'cold' becomes 'c' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'is brought out' indicates an anagram.
'c'+'wine'='cwine'
'cwine' with letters rearranged gives 'WINCE'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for wince that I've seen before include "Flinch with pain" , "pained" , "Start painfully" , "show embarrassment" , "React involuntarily from pain or embarrassment" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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