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Little woman on the bottle is cheerful (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jovial

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

'little woman on the bottle' is the wordplay.
'little woman' becomes 'jo' (character from Little Women).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'the bottle' becomes 'vial' (vial is a kind of bottle).
'jo'+'vial'='JOVIAL'

'is' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for jovial that I've seen before include "Full of cheerful good humour" , "'Jolly, merry (6)'" , "Good-humoured, cheerful" , "Genial, joyous" , "Cheerful, lively" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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