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Saved, source of water and wine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spared

'saved' is the definition.
('spare' can be a synonym of 'save')

'source of water and wine' is the wordplay.
'source of water' becomes 'spa' (I've seen this before).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red is a type of wine).
'spa'+'red'='SPARED'

(Other definitions for spared that I've seen before include "Showed mercy, refrained from hurting" , "Was merciful toward, refrained from harming" , "Voluntarily parted with" , "forgiven" , "did without" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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