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Wine shippers use it (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

port

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'wine' is the definition.
(port is a kind of wine)

'shippers use it' is the wordplay.
'shippers use' becomes 'por' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'it' becomes ''t' (abbreviation. e.g. in 'tis).
'por'+'t'='PORT'

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(Other definitions for port that I've seen before include "Wine - left - harbour" , "Wine left at sea ?" , "After-dinner drink" , "Light enough to carry" , "Wine - shippers use it" .)

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