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Perhaps sinner and saint going out — they often meet in the dark (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

curtains

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'perhaps sinner' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'saint going out they often meet in the dark' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
an anagram of 'saint' is 'tains' which is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'cur' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'and' is the link.

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(Other definitions for curtains that I've seen before include "It could be the end" , "Hanging drapes" , "I run cats up the drapes" , "Hanging cloths" , "Window coverings" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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