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Message sensibly delivered in this bottle? (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nerve

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'this bottle?' is the definition.
(both can mean courage)

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(Other definitions for nerve that I've seen before include "Bundles of fibres in the body that transmit instructions" , "Valour, pluck" , "Intrepidity" , "Spunk" , "Bodily fibre carrying sensation" .)

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