### Clue: I object to non-drinker seizing the French spirit (6)
### Answer: METTLE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: spirit
  ME(the *object*ive case of the pronoun *I*) + TT($$t$$ee-$$t$$otaller,*non-drinker*) around(*seizing*) LE(*French* for the definite article, *the*).