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Officiating priest sporting new bracelet (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

celebrant

'officiating priest' is the definition.
(priest performing a rite)

'sporting new bracelet' is the wordplay.
'sporting' is an anagram indicator.
'new' becomes 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament).
'n'+'bracelet'='nbracelet'
'nbracelet' with letters rearranged gives 'CELEBRANT'.

(Other definitions for celebrant that I've seen before include "An officiating priest, especially at Eucharist" , "person performing rite" , "One performing a rite" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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