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Christening baby after rear wiped, bun on it combed back first (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

baptismal

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'rear wiped bun on it combed back first' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'christening baby after' is the wordplay.
'christening' becomes 'baptism' (I've seen this before).
'baby' becomes 'al' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'baptism'+'al'='BAPTISMAL'

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(Other definitions for baptismal that I've seen before include "church service" , "Relating to the rite of admission to the Christian Church" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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