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Blanked out as wine took effect (8)

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I believe the answer is:

redacted

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'blanked out' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to change as well as being past participle verbs.
Perhaps they are linked in a way I don't understand?

'wine took effect' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red is a type of wine).
'took effect' becomes 'acted' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'red'+'acted'='REDACTED'

'as' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for redacted that I've seen before include "Obscured part of a text for legal or security reasons" , "Like some scripts" , "Edited for publication" , "censored" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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