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Is there something in the wine I provided, old chap? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elder

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'old chap?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'is there something' is the wordplay.
'is there' becomes 'eld' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'something' becomes 'er' (I've seen this in other clues).
'eld'+'er'='ELDER'

'in the wine i provided' acts as a link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for elder that I've seen before include "More aged; tree" , "Tree and Mormon church officer" , "Tie up" , "Shrub - church official" , "comparatively aged" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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