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Film bloke, genuine and spiritual (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ethereal

'spiritual' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'film bloke genuine' is the wordplay.
'film' becomes 'ET' (E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial).
'bloke' becomes 'he' ('he' refers to a man).
'genuine' becomes 'real' (similar in meaning).
'et'+'he'+'real'='ETHEREAL'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for ethereal that I've seen before include "Like fairies" , "Fine" , "'Extremely delicate, almost not of this world (8)'" , "gossamer" , "'Fairy-like, delicate (8)'" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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