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Appliance there bottles volatile liquid (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ether

'volatile liquid' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'appliance there bottles' is the wordplay.
'bottles' indicates a hidden word (bottling is a kind of containing).
'ETHER' can be found hidden inside 'appliance there'.

(Other definitions for ether that I've seen before include "Clear upper air" , "The gas is there, oddly" , "Volatile organic liquid once used as a general anaesthetic" , "Medium supposedly" , "Once widely-used anaesthetic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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