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Mass is bishop’s responsibility, I hear (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sea

'mass' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'bishop's responsibility i hear' is the wordplay.
'bishop's responsibility' becomes 'see' (jurisdiction of a bishop, eg the Holy See).
'i hear' indicates a 'sounds like' (homophone) clue.
'see' sounds like 'SEA'.

'is' is the link.

(Other definitions for sea that I've seen before include "The deep" , "E.g. Baltic" , "Lesser ocean" , "one may be pounding the beach" , "Watery expanse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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