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One’s rapt afresh with saint and angel (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

patroness

'angel' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'one's rapt afresh with saint' is the wordplay.
'afresh with' indicates an anagram.
'saint' becomes 's'.
'ones'+'rapt'='onesrapt'
'onesrapt' anagrammed with 's' makes 'PATRONESS'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for patroness that I've seen before include "financial backer" , "Female sponsoring" , "Female benefactor" , "Charitable lady" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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