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Spirit shown by a victor during a surrender (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

aquavit

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

'a victor during a surrender' is the wordplay.
'victor' becomes 'V' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'during' is an insertion indicator.
'surrender' becomes 'quit' (quit can mean to give up or surrender).
'a'+'v'='av'
'a'+'quit'='aquit'
'av' placed inside 'aquit' is 'AQUAVIT'.

'shown by' is the link.

(Other definitions for aquavit that I've seen before include "The Swedish drink" , "An alcoholic spirit originally from Scandinavia" , "strong drink" , "Scandinavian flavoured spirit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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