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Non-specialist gets more quiet in spirited factory (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

distillery

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'spirited factory' is the definition.
'distillery' can be an answer for 'factory' (thesaurus). I'm not sure about the 'spirited' bit.

'non-specialist gets more quiet' is the wordplay.
'non specialist' becomes 'diy' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'gets' means one lot of letters goes inside another (gets can mean captures or absorbs).
'more quiet' becomes 'stiller' ('still' can be a synonym of 'quiet').
'diy' going around 'stiller' is 'DISTILLERY'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for distillery that I've seen before include "production facility" , "Where spirits are produced" , "Plant" , "Spirited establishment" , "Place making spirits" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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