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Song with spirit causes harm (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

impair

'harm' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'song with spirit' is the wordplay.
'song' becomes 'air' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'spirit' becomes 'imp' (I have seen 'Evil spirit ' mean 'imp' so perhaps 'spirit' could also mean 'imp').
'air' put after 'imp' is 'IMPAIR'.

'causes' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for impair that I've seen before include "Spoil, degrade" , "Courteous man (colloq.)" , "Hinder" , "Hobble" , "Damage or injure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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