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Relatively ironic radical makes a comeback accepting religious instruction (5)

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drier

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'relatively ironic' is the definition.
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'radical makes a comeback accepting religious instruction' is the wordplay.
'radical' becomes 'red' (I've seen this in another clue).
'makes a comeback' says the letters should be written backwards (I've seen 'making a comeback' mean this).
'accepting' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are accepted).
'religious instruction' becomes 'RI' (abbreviation).
'red' written backwards gives 'der'.
'der' placed around 'ri' is 'DRIER'.

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(Other definitions for drier that I've seen before include "More arid" , "Appliance to remove moisture" , "It removes moisture" , "See 1" , "Laundry machine" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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