Jack and chairman stood on the counter to get bottle (8)

Guardian Cryptic #29701 | 18 Down | 2025-05-22
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I haven't cracked this one yet — but the brilliant team at Fifteensquared have:

J(abbrev. for “Jack”, the playing card) plus ( and ) reversal of ( … on the counter ) [ MAO(addressed as Chairman, former leader of the PRC) + BORE(stood/tolerated) ]. … with a capacity 4 times that of a standard bottle:

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