Reportedly from Northern Europe? Close! (6)
I believe the answer is:
finish
'close' is the definition.
(I know that close can be written as finish)
'reportedly from northern europe?' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'fish' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for finish that I've seen before include "'End, close (6)'" , "Conclusion or polish" , "Complete or terminate" , "Terminate, conclude" , "Deal with" .)