Spirit of show can be amazing (9)
I believe the answer is:
moonshine
'spirit' is the definition.
(I know that moonshine is a type of spirit)
'of show can be amazing' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'of' could be 'o' and 'o' is located in the answer.
'be' could be 'shine' (shining is a kind of being) and 'shine' is present in the answer.
The remaining letters 'mon' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for moonshine that I've seen before include "Smuggled spirits" , "Mountain dew" , "Illicit spirits" , "bunk" , "Illicit spirit - foolish talk" .)