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Professors get me back to spirits (6)

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I believe the answer is:

demons

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'to spirits' is the definition.
(demon is a kind of spirit)

'professors get me back' is the wordplay.
'professors' becomes 'snod' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'get' is an insertion indicator.
'back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'snod' going around 'me' is 'snomed'.
'snomed' reversed gives 'DEMONS'.

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(Other definitions for demons that I've seen before include "Evil supernatural beings" , "Fiends or devils" , "Wicked people" , "Evil spirits, devils" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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