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Wine manuscript is Minister’s responsibility (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

portfolio

'minister's responsibility' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'wine manuscript' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'port wine' (port wine is a kind of wine).
'manuscript' becomes 'folio' (I've seen this in another clue).
'port'+'folio'='PORTFOLIO'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for portfolio that I've seen before include "Cabinet responsibility" , "Set of collected pieces of creative work" , "Flat case for paper sheets" , "Minister's responsibility" , "governmental responsibility" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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