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Overcome quiet clergyman with worry (7)

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I believe the answer is:

prevail

'overcome' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'quiet clergyman with worry' is the wordplay.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano').
'clergyman' becomes 'rev' (I've seen this before).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'worry' becomes 'ail' (I've seen this before).
'p'+'rev'+'ail'='PREVAIL'

(Other definitions for prevail that I've seen before include "Succeed ultimately" , "Be current" , "Gain mastery" , "Win through" , "Have opinion accepted" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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