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I'm amused by fat religious reformer (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lollard

'religious reformer' is the definition.
(Lollards were a pre-Reformation Christian movement)

'i'm amused by fat' is the wordplay.
'i'm amused' becomes 'lol' (abbreviation for laughing out loud).
'by' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'fat' becomes 'lard' (lard is a kind of fat).
'lol'+'lard'='LOLLARD'

(Other definitions for lollard that I've seen before include "religious reformer" , "Follower of John Wycliffe" , "Follower of John Wyclif" , "Wycliffite" , "Radical Christian" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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