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Bishop leaving Letters to the Corinthians for others (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

etas

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'bishop leaving letters' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this definition defines the answer.

'the corinthians for others' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'the' could be 't' (the is pronounced as a 't' sound in some dialects) and 't' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'eas' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for etas that I've seen before include "Greek characters" , "who once did menial tasks in Japan?" , "Characters from overseas" , "Makarios' letters" , "Foreign characters" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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