White van caught carrying illicit blini not the last (3,5)

I believe the answer is:

vin blanc

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'white' is the definition.
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'van caught carrying illicit blini not the last' is the wordplay.
'caught' becomes 'c' (cricket abbreviation).
'carrying' indicates putting letters inside.
'illicit' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen this in other clues).
'not the last' means to remove the last letter.
'van'+'c'='vanc'
'blini' with its final letter taken away is 'blin'.
'blin' is an anagram of 'inbl'.
'vanc' going around 'inbl' is 'VIN BLANC'.

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(Other definitions for vin blanc that I've seen before include "French drink" , "White wine in France" , "(French) white wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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