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Embarrassed, the Parisian put up senior church member (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

elder

'senior church member' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'embarrassed the parisian put up' is the wordplay.
'embarrassed' becomes 'red' (I've seen this before).
'the parisian' becomes 'le' (definite article in French**).
'put up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'red'+'le'='redle'
'redle' back-to-front is 'ELDER'.

(Other definitions for elder that I've seen before include "Senior churchman - shrub" , "Earlier born" , "Berry-bearing shrub" , "Kind of tree or senior person in tribe" , "Ancestor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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