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The spirit of March and November (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

demon

'the spirit' is the definition.
(demon is a kind of spirit)

'march and november' is the wordplay.
'march' becomes 'demo' (I've seen this before).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'november' becomes 'n' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'demo'+'n'='DEMON'

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for demon that I've seen before include "ace" , "beast" , "malignant spirit" , "Skilful person" , "Evil spirit, devil" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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