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He makes spirits from infernal world tense, more evil (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distiller

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'he makes spirits' is the definition.
The answer is a person as well as being a singular noun. This is suggested by the definition.

'infernal world tense more evil' is the wordplay.
'infernal world' becomes 'dis' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'tense' becomes 't' (abbreviation used in many dictionaries).
'more evil' becomes 'iller' (ill can mean evil or wrong).
'dis'+'t'+'iller'='DISTILLER'

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(Other definitions for distiller that I've seen before include "Eg, whisky producer" , "Whisky manufacturer" , "Producer of spirits" , "One providing strong drink" , "One producing alcohol" .)

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