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Booze of unknown make? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brandy

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'booze' is the definition.
(I know that brandy is a type of booze)

'unknown make?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'unknown' could be 'y' (algebra) and 'y' is found in the answer.
'make?' could be 'brand' ('brand' can be a synonym of 'make') and 'brand' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for brandy that I've seen before include "Cognac, calvados, armagnac etc" , "Of a legal entity acting as an individual" , "Marc, say" , "Eau de vie" , "What a hero must drink, according to Dr Johnson" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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