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Blend still Champagne, say, around back of restaurant (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

intertwine

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'blend' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'still champagne say around back of restaurant' is the wordplay.
'still' becomes 'inert' (not moving).
'champagne say' becomes 'wine' (champagne is a kind of wine).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'back of restaurant' becomes 't' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'inert'+'wine'='inertwine'
'inertwine' going around 't' is 'INTERTWINE'.

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(Other definitions for intertwine that I've seen before include "Twist together" , "Wire intent (anag)" , "Weave" , "Lace" .)

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