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Wine jar I smashed tackling opening of ordinaire (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rioja

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

'jar i smashed tackling opening of ordinaire' is the wordplay.
'smashed' is an anagram indicator.
'tackling' indicates putting letters inside (I've seen this in other clues).
'opening of' indicates taking the first letters.
The first letter of 'ordinaire' is 'o'.
'jar'+'i'='jari'
'jari' is an anagram of 'rija'.
'rija' enclosing 'o' is 'RIOJA'.

(Other definitions for rioja that I've seen before include "Spanish wine type" , "kind of red" , "Dry red wine from Spain" , "Spanish drink" , "it comes from grapevine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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