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Meeting spirited Irishman, civil engineer? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

seance

'meeting spirited' is the definition.
(spiritual gathering)

'irishman civil engineer?' is the wordplay.
'irishman' becomes 'sean' (common Irish name).
'civil engineer?' becomes 'ce'.
'sean'+'ce'='SEANCE'

(Other definitions for seance that I've seen before include "Meeting held by a medium" , "Medium experience?" , "spiritual guidance" , "Spiritualist meeting chaired by medium" , "Sitting - can see (anag)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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