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Church official gets rector initially on edge (6)

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verger

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'church official' is the definition.
(type of church official)

'rector initially on edge' is the wordplay.
'rector initially' becomes 'r' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'on' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'edge' becomes 'verge' (verge is a kind of edge).
'r' after 'verge' is 'VERGER'.

'gets' is the link.

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(Other definitions for verger that I've seen before include "Church official" , "Church officer" , "Church caretaker and attendant" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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