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Take on board again unfinished wine sailors eye (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

reabsorb

'take on board again' is the definition.

'unfinished wine sailors eye' is the wordplay.
'unfinished' means to remove the last letter.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red is a type of wine).
'sailors' becomes 'abs' (AB is short for able seaman).
'eye' becomes 'orb' (I've seen this before).
'red' with its last letter removed is 're'.
're'+'abs'+'orb'='REABSORB'

(Other definitions for reabsorb that I've seen before include "Again assimilate" , "imbibe again" , "Take back in" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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