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A rave at back of room where wine is kept (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cellarage

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'where wine is kept' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'a rave at back of room' is the wordplay.
'a rave' becomes 'age' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at back of' says to put letters next to each other.
'room' becomes 'cellar' (I've seen this before).
'age' put after 'cellar' is 'CELLARAGE'.

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(Other definitions for cellarage that I've seen before include "payment for port's security?" , "Charge for storing (wine?)" , "Cost of storing wine" , "Stores" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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