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Criminal pair I found in religious group (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

culprit

'criminal' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'pair i found in religious group' is the wordplay.
'pair' becomes 'pr'.
'found in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'religious group' becomes 'cult' (I've seen this before).
'pr'+'i'='pri'
'pri' going into 'cult' is 'CULPRIT'.

(Other definitions for culprit that I've seen before include "he should have conviction" , "The person to blame, the guilty one" , "Criminal" , "Perpetrator of a wrongdoing" , "One perpetrating crime" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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