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Ministers persist in a stupid way (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

priests

'ministers' is the definition.
(church ministers)

'persist in a stupid way' is the wordplay.
'in a stupid way' is an anagram indicator.
'persist' with letters rearranged gives 'PRIESTS'.

(Other definitions for priests that I've seen before include "Religious leaders" , "Spiritual leaders" , "Ordained ministers" , "Clerics" , "Church leaders" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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