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Six aluminium and sulphur containers (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vials

'containers' is the definition.
(vial is a kind of container)

'six aluminium and sulphur' is the wordplay.
'six' becomes 'vi' (roman numeral).
'aluminium' becomes 'al' (Al is the chemical symbol for aluminium).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'sulphur' becomes 's' ('S' can be a synonym of 'sulphur').
'vi'+'al'+'s'='VIALS'

(Other definitions for vials that I've seen before include "Small glass containers" , "Ampoules" , "Small bottles of medicine" , "Small bottle that contains a drug" , "Vessels" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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