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A turnip prepared for zealot (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

puritan

'for zealot' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'a turnip prepared' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'turnip'='aturnip'
'aturnip' is an anagram of 'PURITAN'.

(Other definitions for puritan that I've seen before include "One for whom Shaw wrote" , "Dour Protestant" , "Over-strict moralist" , "Upright" , "Strictly moral person" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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