Cryptic crossword clue
The old man has bottled beer in this receptacle 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word PALEA

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The straight part
We know that "this receptacle" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case this receptacle = palea.
The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.
This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does PALEA mean?

PALEA noun
  1. The interior chaff or husk of grasses.
  2. One of the chaffy scales or bractlets growing on the receptacle of many compound flowers, such as the sunflower.
  3. A pendulous process of the skin on the throat of a bird, as in the turkey; a dewlap.

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