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Travel aimlessly in Australian state over November, knocking back wine (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

wander

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'travel aimlessly' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'australian state over november knocking back wine' is the wordplay.
'australian state' becomes 'wa' (I've seen this in other clues. I am not sure about the 'australian' bit.).
'over' means one lot of letters go next to another (in a down clue, some letters go over others).
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'knocking back' says the letters should be written backwards.
'wine' becomes 'red wine' (red is a type of wine).
'red' in reverse letter order is 'der'.
'wa'+'n'+'der'='WANDER'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for wander that I've seen before include "Move about aimlessly" , "Go to and fro" , "Meander" , "Go from place to place without a settled route" , "Stray" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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