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Mineral water: tiny upturned bottles (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nitre

'mineral' is the definition.
(term for potassium nitrate)

'water tiny upturned bottles' is the wordplay.
'bottles' indicates the answer is hidden within the clue (bottling is a kind of containing).
'upturned' says the letters should be written backwards.
'ertin' can be found hidden inside 'water tiny'.
'ertin' back-to-front is 'NITRE'.

(Other definitions for nitre that I've seen before include "Gunpowder ingredient" , "constituent of gunpowder" , "Mineral used in gunpowder" , "Otherwise saltpetre" , "Inert kind of saltpetre" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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