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Payment to clergyman before surrender? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

prebend

'payment to clergyman' is the definition.
(historical term for a clergyman's stipend)

'before surrender?' is the wordplay.
'before' becomes 'pre' (prefix meaning 'before').
'surrender?' becomes 'bend' (bend can mean to surrender or yield).
'pre'+'bend'='PREBEND'

(Another definition for prebend that I've seen is " Church land".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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