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Hunt enemy bottling scrap (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

forage

'hunt' is the definition.
(forage is a kind of hunt)

'enemy bottling scrap' is the wordplay.
'enemy' becomes 'foe' (I've seen this before).
'bottling' indicates putting letters inside (bottling is a kind of containing).
'scrap' becomes 'rag' (I've seen this before).
'foe' enclosing 'rag' is 'FORAGE'.

(Other definitions for forage that I've seen before include "Go searching, perhaps for food" , "Military raid" , "Plunder; rummage" , "Seek for food" , "Collect food" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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