Layer right inside bourbon, for example (7)

I believe the answer is:

brickie

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'bourbon for example' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'layer right inside' is the wordplay.
'layer' becomes 'brick' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'right' becomes 'lien' (legal right).
'inside' says to take the centre.
The middle letters of 'lien' are 'ie'.
'brick'+'ie'='BRICKIE'

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(Other definitions for brickie that I've seen before include "Hod carrier" , "Building worker" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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