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Baths in rum, showing Bohemian spirit (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

absinth

'bohemian spirit' is the definition.

'baths in rum' is the wordplay.
'rum' indicates anagramming the letters (rum can mean strange or unusual).
'baths'+'in'='bathsin'
'bathsin' is an anagram of 'ABSINTH'.

'showing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for absinth that I've seen before include "Strong green alcoholic drink" , "Potent liqueur, originally made with wormwood" , "Strong liquor in baths, strangely" , "Shrubby plant" , "Aniseed-flavoured liqueur" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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