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Topical story, when released, about whiskey (10)

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I believe the answer is:

newsworthy

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'topical' is the definition.
Both the answer and definition are adjectives. Maybe you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'story when released about whiskey' is the wordplay.
'released' indicates anagramming the letters (letters released from their original order).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'whiskey' becomes 'W' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'story'+'when'='storywhen'
'storywhen' is an anagram of 'nesworthy'.
'nesworthy' enclosing 'w' is 'NEWSWORTHY'.

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(Other definitions for newsworthy that I've seen before include "Interesting to journalists" , "of interest to public" , "Likely to get media attention" , "Of interest to the media" , "hitting the headlines?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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