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Revolutionary gnome admired, not entirely an evil spirit (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

daemon

'an evil spirit' is the definition.
(daemon is a kind of evil spirit)

'revolutionary gnome admired not entirely' is the wordplay.
'revolutionary' says the letters should be written backwards.
'not entirely' indicates a hidden word.
'nomead' is hidden within 'gnome admired'.
'nomead' reversed gives 'DAEMON'.

(Other definitions for daemon that I've seen before include "guardian spirit" , "Evil spirit" , "Spirit in ancient Greek belief" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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