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Charlie soon with new side: made one of the Saints (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canonised

'made one of the saints' is the definition.

'charlie soon with new side' is the wordplay.
'charlie' becomes 'c' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'soon' becomes 'anon' (I've seen this before).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'new' indicates an anagram.
'side' with letters rearranged gives 'ised'.
'c'+'anon'+'ised'='CANONISED'

(Other definitions for canonised that I've seen before include "Anselm was" , "Held in great esteem by church" , "Sainted" , "Declared to be a saint" , "treated like a saint?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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