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Meet prisoner and parish caretaker briefly (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

converge

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'meet prisoner' is the definition.
'converge' can be an answer for 'meet' (synonyms). I am not certain of the 'prisoner' bit.

'parish caretaker briefly' is the wordplay.
'parish' becomes 'con' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'caretaker' becomes 'verger' (verger is a kind of caretaker).
'briefly' means to remove the last letter.
'verger' with its last letter taken away is 'verge'.
'con'+'verge'='CONVERGE'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for converge that I've seen before include "tend to get together" , "Come towards the same point like Congreve" , "Move toward the same point" , "fuse" , "Tend to meet at a point" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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