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Makes good wine seem off (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

redeems

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'makes good' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both to do with ownership as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?

'wine seem off' is the wordplay.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red wine is an example).
'off' is an anagram indicator.
'seem' is an anagram of 'eems'.
'red'+'eems'='REDEEMS'

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(Other definitions for redeems that I've seen before include "Buys back" , "Pays off loans" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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