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Wine presented by female is in right hand (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rhenish

'wine' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'female is in right hand' is the wordplay.
'female' becomes 'hen' (hen is a kind of female).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'right hand' becomes 'rh' (medical abbreviation).
'hen'+'is'='henis'
'henis' going inside 'rh' is 'RHENISH'.

'presented by' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for rhenish that I've seen before include "eg Hock" , "white wine" , "- - Wine (hock)" , "from a particular flower?" , "Hock - relating to a European river" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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