### Clue: Extremely brief victory's given English spirit (5)
### Answer: VERVE 
 ### Explanation: Definition: spirit
  "very"(extremely;to a high degree) **minus its last letter**(brief) + V(abbrev. for "victory") **plus**(…'s given;contraction of "is given") E(abbrev. for "English").
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