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African Christian in business exercise (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

copt

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'african christian' is the definition.
'copt' can be an answer for 'christian' (member of the Coptic Church, a Christian church). I'm not certain of the 'african' bit.

'business exercise' is the wordplay.
'business' becomes 'co'.
'exercise' becomes 'pt' ().
'co'+'pt'='COPT'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for copt that I've seen before include "Christian in mainly Moslem country" , "Member of ancient Egyptian church" , "Egyptian Christian Church member" , "Early Christian" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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