Crossword Genius

Everyman's drained Soave in pubs with posh ladies (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baronesses

'posh ladies' is the definition.
'baronesses' can be an answer for 'ladies' (baroness is a kind of lady). I also know that 'posh' relates to this answer.

'everyman's drained soave in pubs' is the wordplay.
'everyman's' becomes 'one's' (when the crossword setter is Everyman).
'drained' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'pubs' becomes 'bars' (I've seen this before).
'soave' with its centre taken out is 'se'.
'ones'+'se'='onesse'
'onesse' placed within 'bars' is 'BARONESSES'.

'with' acts as a link.

(Another definition for baronesses that I've seen is " peers".)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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