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Impress trendy whisky-maker no end (6)

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I believe the answer is:

instil

'impress' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'trendy whisky-maker no end' is the wordplay.
'trendy' becomes 'in'.
'whisky-maker' becomes 'still' (device for distilling alcoholic drinks).
'no end' means to remove the last letter.
'still' with its final letter taken away is 'stil'.
'in'+'stil'='INSTIL'

(Other definitions for instil that I've seen before include "Mentally fix" , "Put in drop by drop" , "Gradually establish something in a person's mind" , "Introduce gradually into mind, say ideas" , "Plant gradually into the mind" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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