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Wine tipped over on last word, needing Tippex? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amender

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'tippex?' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'wine tipped over on last word' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red wine is an example).
'tipped over' is a reversal indicator.
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'last word' becomes 'amen' (I've seen this before).
'red' back-to-front is 'der'.
'der' put after 'amen' is 'AMENDER'.

'needing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for amender that I've seen before include "Editor" , "agent of change" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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