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Opinion from good man leading a new church (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stance

'opinion' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'good man leading a new church' is the wordplay.
'good man' becomes 'st'.
'leading' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'a new' becomes 'an' (I've seen this in other clues).
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England**).
'st'+'an'+'ce'='STANCE'

'from' is the link.

(Other definitions for stance that I've seen before include "Position, at the tee perhaps" , "driver preparing to strike" , "Position or attitude taken" , "Upright posture" , "Position of the body or an attitude" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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