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Imagines quantities of Scotch without English (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

dreams

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'imagines' is the definition.
(dreaming is a kind of imagining)

'quantities of scotch without english' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'quantities' could be 'reams' (ream is a kind of quantity) and 'reams' is found within the answer.
A single letter 'd' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for dreams that I've seen before include "'''We are such stuff as ... are made on'' The Tempest (6)'" , "Fantasies; fantasises" , "Thoughts and visions during sleep" , "Imaginings" , "Fancies" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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