Cheery Jack round with medicine bottle? (6)
I believe the answer is:
jovial
'cheery' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps there's an association between them I don't understand?
'jack round with medicine bottle?' is the wordplay.
'jack' becomes 'J' (playing card abbreviation).
'round' becomes 'o' (round can mean a round object).
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'medicine bottle?' becomes 'vial' (I've seen this before).
'j'+'o'+'vial'='JOVIAL'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for jovial that I've seen before include "Good-humoured, cheerful" , "Genial, joyous" , "'Jolly, merry (6)'" , "Hearty and cheerful like Jupiter" , "Full of mirth" .)