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Blotch on spiritual leaders attending PM's residence (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

splodge

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'blotch on spiritual leaders' is the definition.
'splodge' can be an answer for 'blotch' (synonyms). I am not sure about the 'on spiritual leaders' bit.

'attending pm's residence' is the wordplay.
'attending pm' becomes 'sp' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'residence' becomes 'lodge' (I've seen this before).
'sp'+'lodge'='SPLODGE'

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(Other definitions for splodge that I've seen before include "big splash" , "Irregular blot" , "Spot, splash, smear" , "Dirty mark" , "Messy spot" .)

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