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Nun and hot prior resume fooling around (6,8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mother superior

'nun' is the definition.
(a mother superior is a senior nun)

'hot prior resume fooling around' is the wordplay.
'fooling around' indicates anagramming the letters.
'hot'+'prior'+'resume'='hotpriorresume'
'hotpriorresume' anagrammed gives 'MOTHER SUPERIOR'.

'and' is the link.

(Other definitions for mother superior that I've seen before include "First among sisters" , "leading nun" , "head of religious community" , "leader of religious community" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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