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Put off drinking tin or bottle (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

decanter

'bottle' is the definition.
(decanter is a kind of bottle)

'put off drinking tin' is the wordplay.
'put off' becomes 'deter' (I've seen this before).
'drinking' is an insertion indicator.
'tin' becomes 'can' ('can' can be a synonym of 'tin').
'deter' placed around 'can' is 'DECANTER'.

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for decanter that I've seen before include "Stoppered wine bottle" , "quantity of wine?" , "Glass spirits container" , "source of drink" , "Stoppered liquor container" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph and The Guardian.
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