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Relaxed next to an evil spirit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

satan

'evil spirit' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'relaxed next to an' is the wordplay.
'relaxed' becomes 'sat' (sitting is a type of relaxing).
'next to' says to put letters next to each other.
'sat'+'an'='SATAN'

(Other definitions for satan that I've seen before include "Old Nick, Lucifer or Beelzebub" , "arch-fiend" , "Fallen archangel" , "Fiend" , "Diabolical figure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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