Possible Clues:

• Phrase coined by Thomas Gray in his ''Elegy''
• Someone with the same interests or attitudes as oneself
• Generous wine and whisky, say, for one of similar outlook?
• Someone with the same attitudes as oneself
• Friendly Communist ghost? (3 wds.)
• Like-minded individual, loving wine and whisky, say
• Person with whom one shares common attitudes
• Nice wine and a lot of hard liquor for someone like me
• Person sharing one's attitudes and values
• This would be compatible with one sort of Red Rum, it seems