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The Spanish wine, cold and 'springy' (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elastic

'springy' is the definition.
('elastic' can be similar in meaning to 'springy')

'the spanish wine cold' is the wordplay.
'the spanish' becomes 'el' (**).
'wine' becomes 'asti' (I've seen this before).
'cold' becomes 'c' (eg on taps).
'el'+'asti'+'c'='ELASTIC'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for elastic that I've seen before include "Narrow band of rubber" , "Springing back to shape after stretching" , "It's lace (anag.)" , "Scale it (anag.)" , "Able to give a bit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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