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Prophet who got Thomas most upset? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amos

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'prophet' is the definition.
(biblical prophet)

'who got thomas most upset?' is the wordplay.
'who' becomes 'sa' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'got' indicates putting letters inside.
'thomas' becomes 'tom'.
'most' means to remove the first letter.
'upset?' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (I've seen 'upset' mean this).
'tom' with its first letter removed is 'om'.
'sa' going around 'om' is 'soma'.
'soma' written backwards gives 'AMOS'.

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(Other definitions for amos that I've seen before include "Biblical character" , "Old Testament prophet" , "Biblical prophet and OT book" , "Old Testament book" , "30th OT book" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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