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A job on outskirts of Lilongwe for evangelist (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apostle

'for evangelist' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a job on outskirts of lilongwe' is the wordplay.
'job' becomes 'post' (post is a kind of job).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'outskirts of' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only letters on the outskirts).
'lilongwe' with its middle taken out is 'le'.
'a'+'post'+'le'='APOSTLE'

(Other definitions for apostle that I've seen before include "To lapse (anag) - ardent supporter of a cause" , "eg John, Paul" , "E.g. St Paul" , "Preacher perhaps" , "Divine messenger" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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