Arranged walk round Scotland's borders? On the contrary (6)
I believe the answer is:
spaced
'arranged walk round' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe there's an association between them I don't understand?
'scotland's borders? on the contrary' is the wordplay.
'borders?' suggests removing the centre (only the edge or border letters remain).
'on' means one lot of letters goes inside another (as in clothing \'on\' a person).
'the contrary' becomes 'pace' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'scotland' with its middle taken out is 'sd'.
'sd' placed around 'pace' is 'SPACED'.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for spaced that I've seen before include "strung out" , "positioned at intervals" , "Separated by gaps" , "set some distance apart" , "Placed at intervals" .)