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Minister and an eschewer of alcohol to the last (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

attend

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'minister' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'an eschewer of alcohol to the last' is the wordplay.
'an eschewer of alcohol' becomes 'att' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'to the last' becomes 'end'.
'att'+'end'='ATTEND'

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for attend that I've seen before include "Take part in" , "Listen carefully" , "Listen closely" , "Completed" , "Be present or appear at" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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