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Escorted parent ordered wine (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

partnered

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'escorted' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are past participle verbs, I cannot see how one could define the other.

'parent ordered wine' is the wordplay.
'ordered' is an anagram indicator.
'wine' becomes 'red wine' (red is a type of wine).
'parent' with letters rearranged gives 'partne'.
'partne'+'red'='PARTNERED'

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(Another definition for partnered that I've seen is " support".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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