Crossword Genius

Think about wine bottles getting picked up (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

resumed

'picked up' is the definition.
(to pick up is to carry on doing something)

'think about wine bottles' is the wordplay.
'think' becomes 'muse' (musing is a kind of thinking).
'about' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'wine' becomes 'red' (red wine is an example).
'bottles' means one lot of letters goes inside another ('bottle' can mean to contain).
'muse' reversed gives 'esum'.
'esum' going within 'red' is 'RESUMED'.

'getting' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for resumed that I've seen before include "Started again where one had left off" , "came into play again" , "Carried on again" , "Once again picked up" , "Started again after a break" .)

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