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Most dear minister touring centre of Nice (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

priciest

'most dear' is the definition.
('pricy' can be a synonym of 'dear')

'minister touring centre of nice' is the wordplay.
'minister' becomes 'priest' (I've seen this before**).
'touring' indicates putting letters inside (touring can mean going round).
'centre of' indicates the central letters.
The middle of 'nice' is 'ic'.
'priest' placed around 'ic' is 'PRICIEST'.

(Another definition for priciest that I've seen is " Most expensive".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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