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Mexico’s right, somehow, dispatching spirits (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

exorcism

'dispatching spirits' is the definition.
(removing evil spirits from a place or person)

'mexico's right somehow' is the wordplay.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'somehow' indicates anagramming the letters.
'mexicos'+'r'='mexicosr'
'mexicosr' anagrammed gives 'EXORCISM'.

(Other definitions for exorcism that I've seen before include "Dispossession" , "Ritual of driving out evil spirit" , "Ritual to banish evil spirits" , "Ceremony to release evil spirits" , "Religious ceremony for driving out an evil spirit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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