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Just saint directed towards good prayers (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

evensong

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'prayers' is the definition.
(I know that Evensong is a prayers)

'just saint directed towards good' is the wordplay.
'just' becomes 'even'.
'saint' becomes 's'.
'directed towards' becomes 'on' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'even'+'s'+'on'+'g'='EVENSONG'

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(Other definitions for evensong that I've seen before include "Vespers" , "Service of evening prayer in Church of England" , "Anglican service" , "... Prayers" , "Church service late in the day" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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