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Bugs fashionable religious group (source of anarchy) (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insecta

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'bugs fashionable religious group source of anarchy' is the definition.
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'fashionable religious group source of anarchy' is the wordplay.
'fashionable' becomes 'in' (in can mean fashionable or trendy).
'religious group' becomes 'sect' (eg a religious sect).
'source of' says to take the initial letters (the start - or source - of the word).
The first letter of 'anarchy' is 'a'.
'in'+'sect'+'a'='INSECTA'

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(Other definitions for insecta that I've seen before include "flies etc." , "Bug group" , "We regularly enjoy Metamorphoses" , "creepy class" , "Metamorphoses we commonly suffer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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