Quality of chef that divides a country (4,6)
I believe the answer is:
cook strait
'that divides a country' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'quality of chef' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'quality' could be 'trait' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'trait' is found within the answer.
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for cook strait that I've seen before include "that divides a country" , "New Zealand channel" , "divides New Zealanders" .)