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Minister in power tries to reform (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

priest

'minister' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'power tries to reform' is the wordplay.
'power' becomes 'p' (**).
'to reform' indicates anagramming the letters.
'tries' anagrammed gives 'riest'.
'p'+'riest'='PRIEST'

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for priest that I've seen before include "Man of the cloth" , "Conductor of religious service" , "Art looking into" , "Stripe for a cleric" , "Religious teacher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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