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A bottle for the artist in the snack-bar (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

carafe

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'a bottle' is the definition.
(I know that carafe is a type of bottle)

'artist in the snack-bar' is the wordplay.
'artist' becomes 'RA' (Royal Academician, member of Royal Academy of Arts).
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'snack-bar' becomes 'cafe' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ra' put within 'cafe' is 'CARAFE'.

'for the' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for carafe that I've seen before include "Open-topped glass container" , "Wine, water, jug" , "Serving vessel for water or wine" , "Water-jar" , "Wine server" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Independent.
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