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Enlightened sort, a bowler perhaps restricting runs (5)

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I believe the answer is:

arhat

'enlightened sort' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'a bowler perhaps restricting runs' is the wordplay.
'bowler perhaps' becomes 'hat' (bowler is a type of hat).
'restricting' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'runs' becomes 'r' (cricket abbreviation).
'a'+'hat'='ahat'
'ahat' enclosing 'r' is 'ARHAT'.

(Another definition for arhat that I've seen is " Buddhist saint of high rank".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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