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A rebellious vicar’s protest (4)

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I believe the answer is:

aver

'protest' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'a rebellious vicar's' is the wordplay.
'rebellious' says the letters should be written in reverse.
'vicar' becomes 'rev'.
'rev' back-to-front is 'ver'.
'a'+'ver'='AVER'

(Other definitions for aver that I've seen before include "State firmly - don't rave" , "Declare < old cattle" , "State; say" , "make a statement" , "State firmly, declare" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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