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A radical unknown line taken by new clergy (8)

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I believe the answer is:

glyceryl

'a radical' is the definition.

'unknown line taken by new clergy' is the wordplay.
'unknown' becomes 'y' (algebra).
'line' becomes 'l'.
'taken by' says to put letters next to each other.
'new' is an anagram indicator.
'clergy' anagrammed gives 'glycer'.
'y'+'l'='yl'
'yl' put after 'glycer' is 'GLYCERYL'.

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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