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Meddles with telly regularly, like the vicar perhaps (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

priestly

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'the vicar perhaps' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'meddles with telly regularly' is the wordplay.
'meddles' becomes 'pries' (pry can mean to meddle or interfere).
'with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The alternating letters of 'telly' are 'tly'.
'pries'+'tly'='PRIESTLY'

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(Other definitions for priestly that I've seen before include "Pious" , "just like a cleric" , "Hieratic" , "Like a minister" , "Ecclesiastical" .)

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