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Refuse to walk endlessly (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marc

'refuse' is the definition.
(discarded material in winemaking)

'walk endlessly' is the wordplay.
'walk' becomes 'march' (marching is a kind of walking).
'endlessly' means to remove the last letter.
'march' with its final letter taken off is 'MARC'.

'to' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for marc that I've seen before include "Chagall for one" , "Spirit" , "A brandy; --- Chagall, artist" , "Type of eau-de-vie made from residue of grapes" , "Sort of brandy made from the remains of pressed grapes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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