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Minister who sounds like a Charlie (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaplain

'minister' is the definition.
(I know that Chaplain is a type of minister)

'sounds like a charlie' is the wordplay.
'sounds like' shows a homophone (sound like).
'a charlie' becomes 'Chaplin' (Charlie Chaplin).
'chaplin' is a homophone of 'CHAPLAIN'.

'who' is the link.

(Other definitions for chaplain that I've seen before include "'Member of the clergy, in a hospital, say (8)'" , "Christian clergyman attached to an institution, military body etc" , "Army padre" , "Regimental clergyman" , "Clergyman attached to military unit" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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