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Always opens containers holding energy drinks (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beverages

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'drinks' is the definition.
('beverage' can be a synonym of 'drink')

'always opens containers holding energy' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'always' could be 'ever' ('ever' can be a synonym of 'always') and 'ever' is found within the answer.
'energy' could be 'e' (physics symbol as in E=mc2) and 'e' is located in the answer.
'containers' could be 'bags' (bag is a kind of container) and 'bags' is present in the remaining letters.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for beverages that I've seen before include "Drinks" , "Vegas beer (anag) - beer etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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