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Reduced potency, having consumed wine (8)

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I believe the answer is:

muscatel

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'wine' is the definition.
(muscatel is a kind of wine)

'reduced potency having consumed' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'consumed' could be 'ate' (eating is a kind of consuming) and 'ate' is located in the answer.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for muscatel that I've seen before include "Sweet grape variety" , "Rich sweet wine" , "Flavoured wine made with calumets" , "Type of wine - calumets (anag)" , "Sweet aromatic grape used for raisins, wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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