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Cherished sinner — he'd reformed (9)

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I believe the answer is:

enshrined

'cherished' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'sinner he'd reformed' is the wordplay.
'reformed' indicates anagramming the letters.
'sinner'+'hed'='sinnerhed'
'sinnerhed' is an anagram of 'ENSHRINED'.

(Another definition for enshrined that I've seen is " Dinner she (anag) -- held as sacred".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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