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Inspired by a new religious centre (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vatican

'religious centre' is the definition.
(centre of Catholicism)

'inspired by a new' is the wordplay.
'inspired' becomes 'vatic' (vatic means inspired or possessed like a prophet).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'vatic'+'a'+'n'='VATICAN'

(Other definitions for vatican that I've seen before include "religious authority" , "Papal authority" , "Papal palace" , "Ecclesiastical city" , "See City" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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