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Staining, wet splashes — trying red, perhaps? (4-7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wine-tasting

'trying red perhaps?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'staining wet splashes' is the wordplay.
'splashes' indicates anagramming the letters.
'staining'+'wet'='stainingwet'
'stainingwet' is an anagram of 'WINE-TASTING'.

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