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Lear's ready to change verse recited by them? (3,7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lay readers

'verse recited by them?' is the definition.
(lay-readers read church verses)

'lear's ready to change' is the wordplay.
'to change' is an anagram indicator.
'lears'+'ready'='learsready'
'learsready' with letters rearranged gives 'LAY READERS'.

(Another definition for lay readers that I've seen is " preachers".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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