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Wine a woman briefly describes at last in slanting script (7)

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I believe the answer is:

italics

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'script' is the definition.
(type of script)

'wine a woman briefly describes at last in slanting' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'wine' could be 'it' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'it' is present in the answer.
'a' is present in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for italics that I've seen before include "Sloping text" , "Sloping typefaces" , "Sloping font" , "way of writing?" , "Cursive script" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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