Be somewhere often, if only in spirit (5)
I believe the answer is:
haunt
'spirit' is the definition.
(thesaurus)
I can't explain the remainder of the clue.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for haunt that I've seen before include "place regularly visited" , "favourite spot" , "Regular stamping ground" , "Place one frequents" , "get spirits?" .)