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Poet and priest presented with holy books (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

eliot

'poet' is the definition.
(TS Eliot)

'priest presented with holy books' is the wordplay.
'priest' becomes 'eli' (biblical figure).
'presented with' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'holy books' becomes 'OT' (Old Testament).
'eli'+'ot'='ELIOT'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for eliot that I've seen before include "Practical Cats author" , "Middlemarch author" , "George - - (novelist)" , "T.S. --, poet" , "Female novelist" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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