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Sacked any spirited paid magistrate? (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stipendiary

'paid magistrate?' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'sacked any spirited' is the wordplay.
'sacked' indicates anagramming the letters.
'any'+'spirited'='anyspirited'
'anyspirited' with letters rearranged gives 'STIPENDIARY'.

(Other definitions for stipendiary that I've seen before include "I'm paid for my work" , "Paid official" , "Paid magistrate" , "allowance" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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