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Wise bottling cold anger for violation (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sacrilege

'for violation' is the definition.
(sacrilege is a kind of violation)

'wise bottling cold anger' is the wordplay.
'wise' becomes 'sage' (similar in meaning).
'bottling' indicates putting letters inside (bottling is a kind of containing).
'cold' becomes 'c' (abbreviation, eg on taps).
'anger' becomes 'rile' (rile can mean to annoy or anger).
'c'+'rile'='crile'
'sage' going around 'crile' is 'SACRILEGE'.

(Other definitions for sacrilege that I've seen before include "Religious violation" , "Violation of a holy thing" , "Impious act" , "Blasphemous behaviour" , "Gross irreverence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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