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It's still produced north of the border (6)

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I believe the answer is:

scotch

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'north of the border' is the definition.
Both the definition and answer are adjectives. Perhaps you can see a link between them that I can't see?

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(Other definitions for scotch that I've seen before include "A drink; crush" , "Put an end to, say rumour" , "dish" , "Kill in Caledonia?" , "liquor" .)

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