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She in torment shows spirit (7)

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I believe the answer is:

banshee

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'spirit' is the definition.
(spirit in Irish mythology)

'she in torment' is the wordplay.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'torment' becomes 'bane' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'she' going within 'bane' is 'BANSHEE'.

'shows' is the link.

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(Other definitions for banshee that I've seen before include "Wailing woman of Irish legend" , "no one wishes to hear" , "She predicts death in Ireland" , "'Wailing woman, warns of impending death (7)'" , "Ominous wailing spirit" .)

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