Accepted Ginger is dead (9)
I believe the answer is:
inanimate
'is dead' is the definition.
(inanimate means dead or not alive)
'accepted ginger' is the wordplay.
'accepted' becomes 'in' (I've seen this in other clues).
'ginger' becomes 'animate' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in'+'animate'='INANIMATE'
Can you help me to learn more?
(Other definitions for inanimate that I've seen before include "Not living" , "Still" , "lacking in spirit" , "wooden" , "Not alive" .)