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Spirits initially not seen — they may be here (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hades

'be here' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

I don't understand how the remainder of the clue works.

(Other definitions for hades that I've seen before include "Infernal situation" , "Greek underworld with spirits of the dead" , "Pluto" , "The nether world, hell" , "Inferno" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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