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Declare Mick is, over all, a free spirit (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

maverick

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'all a free spirit' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'declare mick is over' is the wordplay.
'declare' becomes 'aver' (averring is a kind of declaring).
'is over' is an insertion indicator.
'aver' put inside 'mick' is 'MAVERICK'.

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(Other definitions for maverick that I've seen before include "Renegade" , "Unorthodox type" , "Unconventional person or unbranded calf in America" , "Unbranded animal or person of independent thought" , "Unpredictable sort of person" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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