American spared by virus with spirit intact (6)
I believe the answer is:
virgin
'intact' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
'american spared by virus with spirit' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'spirit' could be 'gin' (alcoholic spirit) and 'gin' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'vir' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for virgin that I've seen before include "Not yet used" , "Not yet used/exploited" , "Unsullied" , "Chaste" , "Maiden" .)