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Priest detailed what may be thrown at wedding after Raquel's back in church (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cleric

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'priest' is the definition.
(both can mean a clergyman)

'wedding after raquel's back in church' is the wordplay.
'wedding' becomes 'ric' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'after' says to put letters next to each other.
'back' indicates one should take the final letters.
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
The last letter of 'raquel' is 'l'.
'l' inserted inside 'ce' is 'cle'.
'ric' put after 'cle' is 'CLERIC'.

'detailed what may be thrown at' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for cleric that I've seen before include "One in holy orders" , "Person in holy orders" , "Divine" , "Priest, religious leader" , "Clergyman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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