A pot for the hunter (3)

I believe the answer is:

cup

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'a pot' is the definition.
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I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for cup that I've seen before include "Drinking bowl" , "Trophy; drinking vessel" , "Trophy, drink" , "Beaker" , "'There's many a slip 'twixt ... and lip.'" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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