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Wine for European in Rhode Island with support for injured arm (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

riesling

'wine' is the definition.
(Riesling is an example)

'european in rhode island with support for injured arm' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'rhode island' becomes 'RI' (US postal abbreviation).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'support for injured arm' becomes 'sling' (I've seen this before).
'ri'+'sling'='risling'
'e' placed within 'risling' is 'RIESLING'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for riesling that I've seen before include "Sir Ingle makes wine from this grape" , "Aromatic white wine from the Rhine valley" , "Strange wine for Sir Ingle" , "Fragrant white wine from the Rhine valley or from California" , "German/Austrian wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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