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Southern wine, listener heard, makes pig tender (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

swineherd

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'pig tender' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'southern wine listener' is the wordplay.
'southern' becomes 's' (abbreviation).
'listener' becomes 'herd' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
's'+'wine'+'herd'='SWINEHERD'

'heard makes' acts as a link.
This may not be correct. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for swineherd that I've seen before include "Tender of pigs" , "A minder of pigs" , "Farmhand" , "Pig tender" , "I work on farm" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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