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Refuse to massage head of the diocese and lose little work (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

rubbish

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'refuse' is the definition.
(I know that refuse can be written as rubbish)

'massage head of the diocese and lose little work' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'massage' could be 'rub' (rub can mean to massage) and 'rub' is found within the answer.
The remaining letters 'bish' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'to' is the link.

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(Other definitions for rubbish that I've seen before include "Waste matter" , "Refuse, litter" , "Nonsense or refuse" , "of exceedingly low quality" , "Garbage or trash" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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