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Drop precious Cru Beaujolais bottles (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scrub

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

'precious cru beaujolais bottles' is the wordplay.
'bottles' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (bottling is a kind of containing).
'SCRUB' is hidden within 'precious cru beaujolais'.

(Other definitions for scrub that I've seen before include "Scour; brushwood" , "Drop" , "Brush dirt off - delete - stunted vegetation" , "Undergrowth" , "Vegetation consisting of stunted trees or bushes" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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