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The spirit of Goole? (5)

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I believe the answer is:

ghoul

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

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(Other definitions for ghoul that I've seen before include "Evil presence" , "Morbid type" , "shade" , "Spirit that robs graves and devours corpses" , "Evil spirit or phantom" .)

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