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Fit cap of tiny brown liquor bottle (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tantrum

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'fit' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'cap of tiny brown liquor bottle' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'brown' could be 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown) and 'tan' is present in the answer.
'liquor' could be 'rum' (rum is a kind of liquor) and 'rum' is located in the answer.
A single letter 't' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for tantrum that I've seen before include "Uncontrolled outburst of anger" , "throwing this?" , "Childish fit of anger" , "Childish angry outburst" , "Paddy" .)

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