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Priest working with amazing type who is a bit of a legend (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sprite

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'priest working with amazing type who is a bit of a legend' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both people as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'priest working with' is the wordplay.
'working with' indicates an anagram (working with the letters).
'priest' with letters rearranged gives 'SPRITE'.

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(Other definitions for sprite that I've seen before include "water pixie" , "Brownie" , "Nimble elf-like creature - icon in computer game" , "sports car" , "Naiad" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times.
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