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Runs a wildlife tour, retaining time for religious figure (3,6)

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I believe the answer is:

ras tafari

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'runs a wildlife tour retaining time' is the definition.
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'religious figure' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'religious figure' could be 'st' (abbreviation for saint) and 'st' is located in the answer.
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(Other definitions for ras tafari that I've seen before include "Royal once" , "Movement whose followers worship an Ethiopian emperor" , "opposed to Babylon?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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