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Wine area lit up after five (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

varietal

'wine' is the definition.
(I know that varietal is a type of wine)

'area lit up after five' is the wordplay.
'up' indicates anagramming the letters (letters get chucked up).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'five' becomes 'V' (Roman numeral).
'area'+'lit'='arealit'
'arealit' is an anagram of 'arietal'.
'arietal' after 'v' is 'VARIETAL'.

(Another definition for varietal that I've seen is " Named wine".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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