Cryptic crossword clue
This showed bottle in RAF, a bit shattered 6,2,7

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 6 plus 2 plus 7 letter word BATTLE OF BRITAIN

I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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B
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