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Wine gets Sir Nigel drunk (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

riesling

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

'sir nigel drunk' is the wordplay.
'drunk' indicates an anagram.
'sir'+'nigel'='sirnigel'
'sirnigel' is an anagram of 'RIESLING'.

'gets' is the link.

(Other definitions for riesling that I've seen before include "German/Austrian wine" , "Strange wine for Sir Ingle" , "Gin riles the wine" , "Aromatic white wine from the Rhine valley" , "Dry white wine (German)" .)

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