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Admired bottling company brought back (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

recovered

'brought back' is the definition.

'admired bottling company' is the wordplay.
'admired' becomes 'revered'.
'bottling' indicates putting letters inside (bottling is a kind of containing).
'company' becomes 'co' (abbreviation).
'revered' placed around 'co' is 'RECOVERED'.

(Other definitions for recovered that I've seen before include "Well now!" , "Took back" , "Got better" , "came round" , "Returned to health; got back" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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