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Clergyman beginning to prevent crime (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parson

'clergyman' is the definition.
(I know that parson is a type of clergyman)

'beginning to prevent crime' is the wordplay.
'beginning to' says to take the initial letters.
'crime' becomes 'arson' (crime of illegally starting a fire).
The first letter of 'prevent' is 'p'.
'p'+'arson'='PARSON'

(Other definitions for parson that I've seen before include "Churchman" , "service provider" , "One with benefice" , "Aprons (anag.)" , "A rector or vicar" .)

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