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Holy man to dance around his building (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bishop

'holy man' is the definition.
'bishop' can be an answer for 'man' (bishop is a kind of man). I also know that 'holy' relates to this answer.

'dance around his building' is the wordplay.
'dance' becomes 'bop' (bopping is a kind of dancing).
'around' indicates putting letters inside.
'building' is an anagram indicator.
'his' anagrammed gives 'ish'.
'bop' placed around 'ish' is 'BISHOP'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for bishop that I've seen before include "Chess piece and one of the clergy" , "Man of the church (or chess?)" , "Senior cleric" , "Senior member of the Christian clergy" , "see supervisor" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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