Taverner verifying bottles or bottle? (5)
I believe the answer is:
nerve
'bottle?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'taverner verifying bottles' is the wordplay.
'bottles' indicates a hidden word (bottling is a kind of containing).
'NERVE' is hidden in the letters of 'taverner verifying'.
'or' acts as a link.
(Other definitions for nerve that I've seen before include "Fibre carrying impulses from brain to body" , "Cord that carries instructions from brain to body" , "Sauce" , "Strand of body tissue" , "Bundles of fibres in the body that transmit instructions" .)