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Wine, one inspiring line about tiger? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

muscatel

'wine' is the definition.
(I know that muscatel is a type of Fortified wine)

'one inspiring line about tiger?' is the wordplay.
'one inspiring' becomes 'muse' (someone's muse inspires them).
'line' becomes 'l' (used when specifying particular lines from a poem).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'tiger?' becomes 'cat' (tiger is a kind of cat).
'muse'+'l'='musel'
'musel' going around 'cat' is 'MUSCATEL'.

(Other definitions for muscatel that I've seen before include "Sweet aromatic grape used for raisins, wine" , "Type of wine - calumets (anag)" , "Rich sweet wine" , "Flavoured wine made with calumets" , "Sweet grape variety" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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