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Song about swallowing orange juice and wine (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rioja

'wine' is the definition.
(Rioja is an example)

'song about swallowing orange juice' is the wordplay.
'song' becomes 'air' (I've seen this before**).
'about' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'swallowing' indicates putting letters inside.
'orange juice' becomes 'oj'.
'air' backwards is 'ria'.
'ria' placed around 'oj' is 'RIOJA'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rioja that I've seen before include "Spanish red wine" , "Dry red wine from Spain" , "Open space (ancient Greek)" , "it comes from grapevine" , "North Spanish wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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