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Overcome in Lourdes, one supporting saint (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

stun

'overcome' is the definition.
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'in lourdes one supporting saint' is the wordplay.
'in lourdes one' becomes 'un' ('one' in French, eg in Lourdes).
'supporting' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'saint' becomes 'st'.
'un' put after 'st' is 'STUN'.

(Other definitions for stun that I've seen before include "Render insensitive" , "Amaze; knock senseless" , "Render temporarily senseless" , "Make senseless or dizzy with a blow" , "Daze, overwhelm" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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