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Drinks maker initially cautious of price cap being raised (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

coffee pot

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'drinks maker' is the definition.
(pot for making coffee)

'initially cautious of price cap being raised' is the wordplay.
'initially cautious of price' becomes 'coffee' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cap' becomes 'top' (synonyms).
'being raised' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (going up in a down clue).
'top' reversed gives 'pot'.
'coffee'+'pot'='COFFEE-POT'

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(Other definitions for coffee pot that I've seen before include "source of drink" , "Drink serving container" , "Percolator" , "Hot drink dispenser" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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