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Surrender spirit and stop working (4,2,3,5)

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I believe the answer is:

give up the ghost

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

'surrender spirit' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'surrender' could be 'giveup' (synonyms) and 'giveup' is present in the answer.
'spirit' could be 'ghost' (spirit can mean a ghost) and 'ghost' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'the' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for give up the ghost that I've seen before include "Fail to go on" , "about to die" , "let someone else play Hamlet's father?" , "Stop working" , "Pass on" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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