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Minister annoying individual about religious instruction (6)

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priest

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'minister' is the definition.
(a church minister)

'annoying individual about religious instruction' is the wordplay.
'annoying individual' becomes 'pest' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'religious instruction' becomes 'RI' (abbreviation).
'pest' placed around 'ri' is 'PRIEST'.

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(Other definitions for priest that I've seen before include "person of religion" , "Stripe (anag)" , "Stripe for a cleric" , "Minister of religion" , "Religious minister" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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