Spirit drink with last of asparagus spears (7)

I believe the answer is:

impales

'spears' is the definition.

'spirit drink with last of asparagus' is the wordplay.
'spirit' becomes 'imp' (I have seen 'Evil spirit ' mean 'imp' so perhaps 'spirit' could also mean 'imp').
'drink' becomes 'ale' (ale is a kind of drink).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'last of' indicates one should take the final letters.
The last letter of 'asparagus' is 's'.
'imp'+'ale'+'s'='IMPALES'

(Another definition for impales that I've seen is " Runs through".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.

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