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Wine stain unfortunately showing up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marsala

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

'stain unfortunately showing up' is the wordplay.
'stain' becomes 'mar'.
'unfortunately' becomes 'alas' (I've seen this before).
'showing up' is a reversal indicator.
'alas' backwards is 'sala'.
'mar'+'sala'='MARSALA'

(Other definitions for marsala that I've seen before include "Dessert wine from Sicily" , "Sweet Sicilian wine" , "Sweet dessert wine" , "Alcoholic drink" , "Sicilian dessert wine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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