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Caught one using tongue to taste spirit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

liquor

'spirit' is the definition.
(I know that spirit can be written as liquor)

'caught one using tongue to taste' is the wordplay.
'caught' shows a homophone (sound like) (heard).
'one using tongue to taste' becomes 'licker' (someone licking something).
'licker' is a homophone of 'LIQUOR'.

(Other definitions for liquor that I've seen before include "Alcoholic spirits" , "'Hard' drink" , "Any distilled drink" , "Alcoholic drink in general" , "Any alcholic drink" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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