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Live with Saint George? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

best

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'george?' is the definition.
(George Best was a footballer)

'live with saint' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'live' could be 'be' (synonyms) and 'be' is found within the answer.
'saint' could be 'st' (abbreviation) and 'st' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for best that I've seen before include "erstwhile drummer" , "George -, footballer" , "Cream of the crop" , "Superlatively good" , "Of the highest quality" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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