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Drip means to be transformed into superhero (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spiderman

'superhero' is the definition.
(I know that Spiderman has the occupation superhero)

'drip means to be transformed' is the wordplay.
'to be transformed' indicates an anagram.
'drip'+'means'='dripmeans'
'dripmeans' is an anagram of 'SPIDERMAN'.

'into' is the link.

(Other definitions for spiderman that I've seen before include "Cartoon and film hero, kind of male arachnid" , "building worker" , "Cartoon-cinema hero of arachnid origin" , "suited vigilante" , "Film/comic book hero" .)

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