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A wet blanket ruins the wine! (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spoilsport

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'a wet blanket' is the definition.
(I know that wet blanket can be written as spoilsport)

'ruins the wine' is the wordplay.
'ruins' becomes 'spoils' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'the wine' becomes 'port' (port wine is a kind of wine).
'spoils'+'port'='SPOILSPORT'

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(Other definitions for spoilsport that I've seen before include "Party-pooper" , "nark" , "misery" , "One marring others' pleasure" , "Damper" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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