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Cultured letter to a pope (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

urbane

'cultured' is the definition.
('urbane' can be a synonym of 'cultured')

'letter to a pope' is the wordplay.
'letter' becomes 'e'.
'to a' means one lot of letters go next to another (I've seen this in other clues).
'pope' becomes 'urban' (pope urban was a pope).
'e' after 'urban' is 'URBANE'.

(Other definitions for urbane that I've seen before include "Smooth" , "Sophisticated and elegant - sounds citified" , "Cosmopolitan" , "Suave and sophisticated" , "Refined and civilised" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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