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Partially covered by green, I was screwing back for red, say? (4)

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I believe the answer is:

wine

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'red say?' is the definition.
(I know that red is a type of Wine)

'partially covered by green i was screwing back' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'covered' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'we' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for wine that I've seen before include "Fermented grape juice" , "Plonk" , "See 18" , "Alcoholic drink" , "Eg, Sauternes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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