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Arrest nabbing mob showing bottle? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

screwtop

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'bottle?' is the definition.
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'arrest nabbing mob showing' is the wordplay.
'arrest' becomes 'stop' (synonyms).
'nabbing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'mob showing' becomes 'crew' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'stop' enclosing 'crew' is 'SCREWTOP'.

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(Other definitions for screwtop that I've seen before include "kind of bottle" , "cap or lid" , "Describing a type of bottle" , "that closes jar" , "one goes on the bottle" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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