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Bury religious deviants who cross paths (9)

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intersect

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'cross paths' is the definition.
'intersect' can be an answer for 'cross' (synonyms). I'm not certain of the 'paths' bit.

'bury religious deviants' is the wordplay.
'bury' becomes 'inter' (to inter is to put into the ground).
'religious deviants' becomes 'sect' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'inter'+'sect'='INTERSECT'

'who' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for intersect that I've seen before include "making one cross" , "Meet at a point" , "Criss-cross" , "Divide into parts" , "Cut across" .)

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