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Green quality of water from South Tyrone's borders (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

naivete

'green quality' is the definition.
(I know this)

'water from south tyrone's borders' is the wordplay.
'water' becomes 'evian' (mineral water brand).
'from south' is a reversal indicator.
'borders' suggests removing the centre (only the edge or border letters remain).
'tyrone' with its middle taken out is 'te'.
'evian' reversed gives 'naive'.
'naive'+'te'='NAIVETE'

'of' is the link.

(Other definitions for naivete that I've seen before include "Being green" , "lack of experience" , "natural simplicity" , "State of inexperience (French spelling)" , "lack of sophistication" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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