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Shaped like a pepper pot, it contains beer (5)

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I believe the answer is:

dalek

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'shaped like a pepper pot' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot judge whether this works.

'it contains beer' is the wordplay.
'it' becomes 'dk' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'contains' is an insertion indicator.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'dk' placed around 'ale' is 'DALEK'.

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(Other definitions for dalek that I've seen before include "Talking robot" , "Sci-fi robot" , "Foe of Dr Who" , "Doctor Who adversary" , "Hostile alien" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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