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Spirit of a grand American entertainer (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

ghost

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'spirit' is the definition.
(spirit can mean a ghost)

'a grand american entertainer' is the wordplay.
'a grand' becomes 'g' (G is short for grand as in a thousand).
'american entertainer' becomes 'host' (person hosting or entertaining guests. I am not sure about the 'american' bit.).
'g'+'host'='GHOST'

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for ghost that I've seen before include "Spectre, wraith" , "someone without much presence" , "give it up" , "Visible manifestation of a dead person" , "21 [WRAITH]" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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