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Stuck with trendy ‘harvest’ beer bottles (2,1,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

in a pickle

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'stuck' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'trendy harvest beer bottles' is the wordplay.
'trendy' becomes 'in' ('in' can mean fashionable).
'harvest' becomes 'pick' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'bottles' indicates putting letters inside (bottle can mean to contain).
'pick' put within 'ale' is 'apickle'.
'in'+'apickle'='IN A PICKLE'

'with' is the link.

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(Other definitions for in a pickle that I've seen before include "Experiencing difficulties" , "Suffering a difficult situation" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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