She makes hot claret (9)

I believe the answer is:

charlotte

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'she' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are singular nouns.
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'makes hot claret' is the wordplay.
'makes' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hot'+'claret'='hotclaret'
'hotclaret' with letters rearranged gives 'CHARLOTTE'.

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(Other definitions for charlotte that I've seen before include "Victorian novelist" , "Dessert" , "Yorkshire novelist" , "sort of sweet" , "Pudding; girl" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.

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