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To sum up, pet, it's a rich wine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

muscat

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'a rich wine' is the definition.
'Muscat' can be an answer for 'wine' (muscat is a kind of wine). I'm not sure about the 'a rich' bit.

'to sum up pet' is the wordplay.
'up' says the letters should be written backwards (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'pet' becomes 'cat' (cats are often kept as pets).
'sum' back-to-front is 'mus'.
'mus'+'cat'='MUSCAT'

'it's' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for muscat that I've seen before include "Type of grape and the capital of Oman" , "Source of alcoholic drink" , "Sweet white wine - Omani port" , "Arabic port" , "Gulf port -- sweet grape" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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