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Presbyterian ignores priest a stone's throw away

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nearby

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'away' is the definition.
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'presbyterian ignores priest a stone's' is the wordplay.
'ignores' indicates named letters should be taken away.
'a stone's' indicates anagramming the letters (I've seen 'stoned' mean this (can mean on drugs or drunk)).
'presbyterian' with 'priest' taken away is 'byeran'.
'byeran' is an anagram of 'NEARBY'.

'throw' is the link.
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(Other definitions for nearby that I've seen before include "Local" , "in the neighbourhood" , "Just round the corner?" , "In the vicinity" , "Adjacent" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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