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Rambo and Joe Exotic showing a lot of bottle (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

jeroboam

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'a lot of bottle' is the definition.
I know that 'bottle' relates to this answer.

'rambo and joe exotic' is the wordplay.
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'exotic' indicates anagramming the letters (an unusual form of the letters).
'rambo'+'joe'='rambojoe'
'rambojoe' with letters rearranged gives 'JEROBOAM'.

'showing' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for jeroboam that I've seen before include "Very large wine bottle named after Israeli king" , "'Large wine bottle, equal to four standard ones (8)'" , "Ancient king" , "Four-times bottle size" , "Wine bottle 4-12 times the ordinary size" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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