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Strong wine keeping group of women permanently connected (9)

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I believe the answer is:

hardwired

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'permanently connected' is the definition.
The definition suggests a past participle verb which matches the answer.

'strong wine keeping group of women' is the wordplay.
'strong' becomes 'hard' (similar in meaning).
'wine' becomes 'red wine' (red is a type of wine).
'keeping' is an insertion indicator (some letters kept inside).
'group of women' becomes 'WI' (Women's Institute).
'hard'+'red'='hardred'
'hardred' placed around 'wi' is 'HARDWIRED'.

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(Another definition for hardwired that I've seen is " not learned".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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