Where spirit is made calm, as before (5)
I believe the answer is:
still
'where spirit' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both human attributes as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe they are linked in a way I don't understand?
'made calm as before' is the wordplay.
'made calm as' becomes 's' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'before' becomes 'till'.
's'+'till'='STILL'
'is' is the link.
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for still that I've seen before include "Not going anywhere" , "Calm, unmoving" , "Even now; not moving" , "... [STRONG LIQUOR] produced by this" , "Static photograph" .)