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Source of flavour in wines - good effect of the sun? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tanning

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'wines good effect of the sun?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'source of flavour in' is the wordplay.
'source of' becomes 'nin' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'flavour' becomes 'tang' (synonyms).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'nin' inserted into 'tang' is 'TANNING'.

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(Other definitions for tanning that I've seen before include "Browning?" , "Punishing" , "effect of sun's rays?" , "hiding" , "Knocking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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