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Frank Biblical figure beyond the pale? (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

postmark

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'frank' is the definition.
(I know that frank can be written as postmark)

'biblical figure beyond the pale?' is the wordplay.
'biblical figure' becomes 'mark' (mark is a kind of figure. I am not sure about the 'biblical' bit.).
'beyond' says to put letters next to each other.
'the pale?' becomes 'post' (pale can mean a wooden staff or post).
'mark' put after 'post' is 'POSTMARK'.

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(Other definitions for postmark that I've seen before include "Stamp cancellation" , "Frank" , "It is stamped on envelope" , "Stamp franking" , "It shows date and time of mailing" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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