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Gypsy coming back with beer and spirits (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

morale

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

'gypsy coming back with beer' is the wordplay.
'gypsy' becomes 'rom' (a Rom is a member of the Roma people).
'coming back' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'beer' becomes 'ale' (type of beer).
'rom' written backwards gives 'mor'.
'mor'+'ale'='MORALE'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for morale that I've seen before include "Strength of purpose" , "Confidence, sense of wellbeing" , "Degree of optimism (of troops, perhaps)" , "General level of confidence or optimism" , "State of a group's confidence and spirit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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