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Booze on board? (5,4)

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I believe the answer is:

table wine

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'booze on board?' is the definition.
'table wine' can be an answer for 'booze'. I'm not sure about the 'on board?' bit.

'booze on board?' is the wordplay.
'booze' becomes 'wine' (wining is a kind of boozing).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'board?' becomes 'table' (both can mean food).
'wine' put after 'table' is 'TABLE WINE'.

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(Other definitions for table wine that I've seen before include "Plonk" , "Drink with meals" , "Drink with meal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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