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Bearing up, consuming American orange juice and wine (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rioja

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

'bearing up consuming american orange juice' is the wordplay.
'bearing' becomes 'air' (both can mean an attitude or pose).
'up' says the letters should be written in reverse (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'consuming' indicates putting letters inside.
'american orange juice' becomes 'OJ' (US term for orange juice).
'air' reversed gives 'ria'.
'ria' placed around 'oj' is 'RIOJA'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for rioja that I've seen before include "wine region" , "kind of red" , "it comes from grapevine" , "Spanish red wine" , "Spanish wine variety" .)

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