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Moralist upset about male gods (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

immortals

'gods' is the definition.
(I know this)

'moralist upset about male' is the wordplay.
'upset' indicates an anagram.
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'male' becomes 'm' (common abbreviation).
'moralist' anagrammed gives 'imortals'.
'imortals' placed around 'm' is 'IMMORTALS'.

(Another definition for immortals that I've seen is " They live forever".)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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