Cover of Bible tale represented Saint Paul and John? (7)

I believe the answer is:

beatles

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'paul and john?' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'cover of bible tale represented saint' is the wordplay.
'cover of' suggests removing the centre (only the letters which cover the word).
'represented' is an anagram indicator.
'saint' becomes 's' ().
'bible' with its middle removed is 'be'.
'tale' anagrammed gives 'atle'.
'be'+'atle'+'s'='BEATLES'

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(Other definitions for beatles that I've seen before include "John, Paul, Ringo and George - collectively" , "Able set? (anag)" , "Lee bats for the band, oddly" , "The Fab Four composer-singers" , "Best ale for the Liverpudlian group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.

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