Maybe make of fool of Yankee that's drunk (6)

I believe the answer is:

whisky

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(Other definitions for whisky that I've seen before include "Grain alcohol" , "Spirit distilled from malted grain" , "reportedly available for Thin Lizzy gig?" , "Alcoholic drink" , "Scottish spirit" .)

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