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Believer in Arizona sort that needs conversion (11)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

zoroastrian

'believer' is the definition.
(believer in Zoroastrianism)

'arizona sort that needs conversion' is the wordplay.
'that needs conversion' indicates anagramming the letters.
'arizona'+'sort'='arizonasort'
'arizonasort' anagrammed gives 'ZOROASTRIAN'.

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for zoroastrian that I've seen before include "Follower of religion" , "following a dualistic religion" , "kind of religious believer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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