Game kangaroos progress thus with spirits (9)
I believe the answer is:
hopscotch
'game kangaroos' is the definition.
'hopscotch' can be an answer for 'game' (I've seen this before). I'm not sure about the 'kangaroos' bit.
'progress thus with spirits' is the wordplay.
'progress thus' becomes 'hop' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'spirits' becomes 'scotch' (Scotch is an example).
'hop'+'scotch'='HOPSCOTCH'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for hopscotch that I've seen before include "childish amusement" , "kids jump about in it" , "Children's pavement game" , "child's play" , "Children's game with squares on ground" .)