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Society man joining elite closer to wine? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

screwtop

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'closer to wine?' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'society man joining elite' is the wordplay.
'society' becomes 's' (common abbreviation in names of organisations).
'man' becomes 'crew' (crewing is a kind of manning).
'joining' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'elite' becomes 'top' (I've seen this in another clue).
's'+'crew'+'top'='SCREWTOP'

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(Other definitions for screwtop that I've seen before include "kind of bottle" , "one goes on the bottle" , "cap or lid" , "Describing a type of bottle" , "that closes jar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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