Distilled product of unknown make? (6)
I believe the answer is:
brandy
'distilled product' is the definition.
The definition and answer are not the same part of speech.
'unknown make?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'unknown' could be 'y' (algebra) and 'y' is found in the answer.
'make?' could be 'brand' (synonyms) and 'brand' is located in the answer.
This accounts for all the letters.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
'of' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for brandy that I've seen before include "Cognac, calvados, armagnac etc" , "Spirit from grapes" , "Grape wine spirit" , "Reviving alcoholic spirit" , "Of a legal entity acting as an individual" .)