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Going through litre bottle (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vial

'bottle' is the definition.
(vial is a kind of bottle)

'going through litre' is the wordplay.
'going through' becomes 'via' (I've seen this before).
'litre' becomes 'l' ('l' can be a synonym of 'litre').
'via'+'l'='VIAL'

(Other definitions for vial that I've seen before include "Small bottle used for medicines, laboratory work, etc" , "Not much bottle" , "Bottle that contains a drug" , "Small medicine bottle" , "Small glass container" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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