Cryptic crossword clue
Give information about wine that’s fair 8

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 8 letter word SPORTING

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What does SPORTING mean?

SPORTING verb
  1. To amuse oneself, to play.
  2. To mock or tease, treat lightly, toy with.
  3. To display; to have as a notable feature.
  4. To divert; to amuse; to make merry.
  5. To represent by any kind of play.
  6. To practise the diversions of the field or the turf; to be given to betting, as upon races.
  7. To assume suddenly a new and different character from the rest of the plant or from the type of the species; said of a bud, shoot, plant, or animal.
  8. To close (a door).
SPORTING noun
  1. The act of taking part in a sport.
SPORTING adjective
  1. Pertaining to sports
  2. Exhibiting sportsmanship.
  3. Having a reasonable chance of success.
  4. Fair, generous; ‘game’.
  5. (obsolete) Of or relating to unseemly male excesses, especially gambling, prostitution, or similar recreational activities.

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