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Liquor kept in stills blended for impish character (15)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rumpelstiltskin

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'impish character' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'liquor kept in stills blended' is the wordplay.
'liquor' becomes 'rum' (rum is a kind of liquor).
'blended' indicates an anagram.
'kept'+'in'+'stills'='keptinstills'
'keptinstills' is an anagram of 'pelstiltskin'.
'rum'+'pelstiltskin'='RUMPELSTILTSKIN'

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(Other definitions for rumpelstiltskin that I've seen before include "wee chap" , "Impish type" , "Fairytale character (Grimm)" , "[FAIRY STORY REF]" , "Mischief-maker" .)

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