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Drinks lacking body? (7)

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I believe the answer is:

spirits

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'drinks lacking body?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their -s form, I don't see how one could define the other.

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(Other definitions for spirits that I've seen before include "eg Gin, whisky" , "Hard liquor" , "Animating forces or hard liquors" , "hard stuff?" , "whiskeys?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News and The Globe and Mail.
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