Ravages divine spirit with conditions (10)
I believe the answer is:
devastates
'ravages' is the definition.
('devastate' can be a synonym of 'ravage')
'divine spirit with conditions' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'spirit' could be 'deva' (I have seen 'Good spirit' mean 'deva' so perhaps 'spirit' could also mean 'deva') and 'deva' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'states' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).
Can you help me to learn more?
I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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