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Holy man in no spirit for a quack remedy (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nostrum

'a quack remedy' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'holy man in no spirit' is the wordplay.
'holy man' becomes 'st' (abbreviation for saint).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'spirit' becomes 'rum' (alcoholic spirit).
'no'+'rum'='norum'
'st' going inside 'norum' is 'NOSTRUM'.

'for' is the link.

(Other definitions for nostrum that I've seen before include "Some think it helps" , "Must Ron take a quack remedy?" , "Quack cure" , "secret potion" , "Patent medicine of highly questionable value" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail and The Telegraph.
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