Germany's top presenter, in spirit (5)
I believe the answer is:
ghost
'spirit' is the definition.
(spirit can mean a ghost)
'germany's top presenter' is the wordplay.
'top' says to take the initial letters (in a down clue, the first letter is top).
'presenter' becomes 'host' (as in the host of a TV show).
The initial letter of 'germanys' is 'g'.
'g'+'host'='GHOST'
'in' is the link.
(Other definitions for ghost that I've seen before include "who has a haunting act?" , "insubstantial presence" , "Spectre, wraith" , "One's dying to" , "Spirit of the dead" .)