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Light meal eaten by a bishop and judge (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

arbiter

'judge' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'light meal eaten by a bishop' is the wordplay.
'light meal' becomes 'bite' (I've seen this before).
'eaten by' is an insertion indicator.
'bishop' becomes 'rr' (abbreviation for Right Reverend).
'a'+'rr'='arr'
'bite' inserted within 'arr' is 'ARBITER'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for arbiter that I've seen before include "Judge to decide a disputed issue" , "Settler of disputes" , "Ref" , "Someone with the power to settle the matter" , "Judge, umpire" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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