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Angry-looking wine expert in France died (3-5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

red-faced

'angry-looking' is the definition.
(anger might make someone red-faced)

'wine expert in france died' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red is a type of wine).
'expert' becomes 'ace' (ace can informally mean very good).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'france' becomes 'f'.
'died' becomes 'd' (abbreviation next to the year of someone's death).
'f'+'d'='fd'
'ace' put within 'fd' is 'faced'.
'red'+'faced'='RED-FACED'

(Other definitions for red-faced that I've seen before include "Visibly embarrassed with ruddy complexion" , "Blushing" , "Rubicund" , "Colourfully embarrassed" , "Embarrassed-looking" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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