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Sort dirty perfume bottles (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

type

'sort' is the definition.
(type is a kind of sort)

'dirty perfume bottles' is the wordplay.
'bottles' indicates a hidden word (bottling is a kind of containing).
'TYPE' is hidden in the letters of 'dirty perfume'.

(Other definitions for type that I've seen before include "Kind, model" , "Figure" , "Print - classification" , "Mark" , "Produce characters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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