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Wine forced on Gershwin (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

madeira

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

'forced on gershwin' is the wordplay.
'forced' becomes 'made' (both can mean coerced).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, letters appear on others).
'gershwin' becomes 'ira' (lyricist Ira Gershwin, brother of George).
'made'+'ira'='MADEIRA'

(Other definitions for madeira that I've seen before include "Fortified Portuguese wine" , "Island in the Atlantic Ocean" , "cake producer" , "Rich, fortified white wine" , "Atlantic territory" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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