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Can't have venison without a bottle of wine (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

decanter

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'bottle of wine' is the definition.
'decanter' can be an answer for 'bottle' (decanter is a kind of bottle). I am unsure of the 'of wine' bit.

'can't have venison without a' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'can't' could be 'cant' and 'cant' is found within the answer.
'venison' could be 'deer' (venison is deer meat) and 'deer' is found in the leftover letters.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for decanter that I've seen before include "source of drink" , "Ornamental bottle for dispensing wine" , "Type of bottle" , "Wine or spirits container" , "bottle needed" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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