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A short time with saint and prophet (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amos

'prophet' is the definition.
(biblical prophet)

'a short time with saint' is the wordplay.
'short time' becomes 'mo' (as in 'just a mo').
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'saint' becomes 's'.
'a'+'mo'+'s'='AMOS'

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for amos that I've seen before include "Part of bible" , "Old Testament book" , "Old Testament prophet" , "Prophet in the Bible" , "Hebrew prophet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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