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Spilt beer on the first cap (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beret

'cap' is the definition.
(I know that beret is a type of cap)

'spilt beer on the' is the wordplay.
'spilt' indicates an anagram.
'on' says to put letters next to each other.
'the' becomes 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects).
'beer' anagrammed gives 'bere'.
'bere'+'t'='BERET'

'first' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for beret that I've seen before include "cover for commandos" , "Frenchman's flat hat" , "Cap with no brim" , "Soft round cap without a peak" , "Round flattish cap" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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