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Ghostly sort of crate put in small place (8)

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I believe the answer is:

spectral

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

'sort of crate put in small place' is the wordplay.
'sort of' is an anagram indicator.
'put in' is an insertion indicator.
'small' becomes 's' (abbreviation - e.g. clothes size).
'place' becomes 'pl' (I've seen this in other clues**).
'crate' is an anagram of 'ectra'.
's'+'pl'='spl'
'ectra' inserted inside 'spl' is 'SPECTRAL'.

(Other definitions for spectral that I've seen before include "Of or like a ghost" , "Like a colourful band" , "Ghostly; of bands of colour" , "Ghastly" , "Rap Celts for being ghostly" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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