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Bar refuses to provide bottles (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

estop

'bar' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'refuses to provide bottles' is the wordplay.
'bottles' says the answer is hidden in the clue (bottling is a kind of containing).
'ESTOP' is hidden in the letters of 'refuses to provide'.

(Other definitions for estop that I've seen before include "Bar, for a lawyer" , "Legally check" , "Legally prevent" , "term in law" , "lawyer's bar" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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