Stockings distributed only in the north and south (6)
I believe the answer is:
nylons
'stockings' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)
'distributed only in the north and south' is the wordplay.
'distributed' is an anagram indicator.
'in the' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'north' becomes 'N' (abbreviation).
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'south' becomes 'S' (abbreviation).
'only' is an anagram of 'ylon'.
'n'+'s'='ns'
'ylon' going inside 'ns' is 'NYLONS'.
(Other definitions for nylons that I've seen before include "may have ladders" , "Sheer stockings for women" , "Women's stockings made of synthetic material" , "Hose" , "Thin tights" .)