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See case of Italian wine (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vin

'wine' is the definition.
('wine' in French)

'see case of italian' is the wordplay.
'see' becomes 'v' (short for 'vide', Latin meaning 'see elsewhere').
'case of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (like emptying a case).
'italian' with its middle taken out is 'in'.
'v'+'in'='VIN'

(Another definition for vin that I've seen is " French for wine".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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