Exchanges around whiskey and nuts (7)

I believe the answer is:

cashews

'nuts' is the definition.
(cashew is a kind of nut)

'exchanges around whiskey' is the wordplay.
'exchanges' becomes 'cashes' (cashing is a kind of exchanging).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'whiskey' becomes 'w' (alpha bravo charlie delta ...).
'cashes' going around 'w' is 'CASHEWS'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Another definition for cashews that I've seen is " Tropical nuts".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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