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Home of whiskey a force to be recalled in the world of spirits (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

faerie

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'home of whiskey' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both locations as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I don't see?

'a force to be recalled in the world of spirits' is the wordplay.
'force' becomes 'F' (symbol used in Physics e.g. f=ma).
'to be recalled in' says the letters should be written in reverse (letters recalled or sent back).
'the world of spirits' becomes 'erie' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'f'='af'
'af' in reverse letter order is 'fa'.
'fa'+'erie'='FAERIE'

Can you help me to learn more?

(Other definitions for faerie that I've seen before include "Imaginary land; Spenser's Queene" , "The . . . . . . Queen (Spenser)" , "The land of the little people" , "purveyor of magic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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