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Behold saints making sacrifice? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

loss

'sacrifice?' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'behold saints' is the wordplay.
'behold' becomes 'lo'.
'saints' becomes 'ss'.
'lo'+'ss'='LOSS'

'making' is the link.

(Other definitions for loss that I've seen before include "(Sports) defeat" , "Deficit" , "Red figures on a balance sheet or ledger" , "Defeat; bereavement" , "Defeat (in sport)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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