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A spirit seen by mansion in Battle (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

agincourt

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'battle' is the definition.
(Agincourt is an example)

'a spirit seen by mansion' is the wordplay.
'spirit' becomes 'gin' (I've seen this before).
'seen by mansion' becomes 'court' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'a'+'gin'+'court'='AGINCOURT'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for agincourt that I've seen before include "Henry V's battle" , "Battleground" , "English-French battle" , "where Henry met Constable" , "Battle in Hundred Years' War" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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