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Priest possibly saw about Israeli actor (5)

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I believe the answer is:

topol

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'saw about israeli actor' is the definition.
I know nothing about this answer so I cannot tell whether this works.

'priest' is the wordplay.
I cannot really understand how this works, but
'priest' could be 'p' (ecclesiastical abbreviation) and 'p' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'tool' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'possibly' acts as a link.

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(Another definition for topol that I've seen is " 'Fiddler on the Roof' star".)

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