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Satisfied husband with an unfinished vintage spirit (8)

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I believe the answer is:

methanol

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'spirit' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how they can define each other.

'satisfied husband with an unfinished vintage' is the wordplay.
'satisfied' becomes 'met' ('meet' can be a synonym of 'satisfy').
'husband with' becomes 'h' (I am not sure about the 'with' bit.**).
'unfinished' means to remove the last letter.
'vintage' becomes 'old' (I've seen this before).
'old' with its final letter removed is 'ol'.
'met'+'h'+'an'+'ol'='METHANOL'

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(Other definitions for methanol that I've seen before include "Toxic alcohol" , "Wood spirit" , "Dangerous product" , "Form of alcohol" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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