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Give notice to cleric (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

administer

'give' is the definition.
(administering is a kind of giving)

'notice to cleric' is the wordplay.
'notice' becomes 'ad' (both can mean an advertisement).
'to cleric' becomes 'minister'.
'ad'+'minister'='ADMINISTER'

(Other definitions for administer that I've seen before include "act as manager" , "Oversee" , "Deal out (punishment)" , "man?" , "give" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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