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Manage, nowadays, with clergyman (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

administer

'manage' is the definition.
(I know that administer is a more specific form of the action direct)

'nowadays with clergyman' is the wordplay.
'nowadays' becomes 'AD' (AD, Anno Domini, as opposed to BC, Before Christ).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'clergyman' becomes 'minister' (minister is a kind of clergyman).
'ad'+'minister'='ADMINISTER'

(Other definitions for administer that I've seen before include "Deal out (punishment)" , "Oversee" , "act as manager" , "Organise" , "conduct" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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