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Wine bottles in for orchestra member (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

clarinet

'orchestra member' is the definition.
(clarinet is an orchestral instrument)

'wine bottles in' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'claret' (claret is a kind of wine).
'bottles' indicates putting letters inside (bottle can mean to contain).
'claret' placed around 'in' is 'CLARINET'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for clarinet that I've seen before include "Instrument in claret, strangely" , "Music maker" , "Woodwind instrument played by Artie Shaw and Benny Goodman" , "Source of music" , "Woodwind instrument - Artie Shaw played one" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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