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Insignificant person may be all spirit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nobody

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

'be all spirit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'be' could be 'body' (bodying is a kind of being) and 'body' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'no' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'may' is the link.

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(Other definitions for nobody that I've seen before include "Not one person" , "The Diary of a --- (George &Weedon Grossmith)" , "Person without authority or standing - hardly exists" , "Eg Pooter" , "Submissiveness, gentleness" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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