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Deity moves around divine saint (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

goddess

'deity' is the definition.
(goddess is a kind of deity)

'moves around divine saint' is the wordplay.
'moves' becomes 'goes' (going is a kind of moving**).
'around' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'divine' becomes 'dd' (divine can mean theologian eg Doctor of Divinity).
'saint' becomes 's'.
'goes' placed around 'dd' is 'goddes'.
'goddes'+'s'='GODDESS'

(Other definitions for goddess that I've seen before include "divinity" , "Female deity" , "Such as Venus" , "Say Athena" , "Eg, Aphrodite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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