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Liquor I found in upside-down sports gear (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

spirits

This clue could be a double definition.

'liquor' is the first definition.
(I know that liquor can be written as spirits)

'i found in upside-down sports gear' is the second definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

(Other definitions for spirits that I've seen before include "Morale" , "Shades" , "Gin, vodka, rum etc" , "Hard liquor" , "Animating forces or hard liquors" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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