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Still hang around drinking wine, disheartened (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

however

'still' is the definition.
('however' can be a synonym of 'still')

'hang around drinking wine disheartened' is the wordplay.
'hang around' becomes 'hover' (I've seen this before).
'drinking' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'disheartened' suggests removing the centre.
'wine' with its middle taken out is 'we'.
'hover' going around 'we' is 'HOWEVER'.

(Other definitions for however that I've seen before include "Yet" , "still" , "at the same time" , "Notwithstanding" , "at all events" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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