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Bottle: guzzler emptied it (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

grit

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

'guzzler emptied it' is the wordplay.
'emptied' means to remove the middle letters.
'guzzler' with its centre removed is 'gr'.
'gr'+'it'='GRIT'

(Other definitions for grit that I've seen before include "Courage, small stones" , "Coarse stone or sand" , "lamb" , "Grains of rock or sand" , "Fortitude" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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