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Saint fiddled, perhaps, and spread out (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

splayed

'spread out' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'saint fiddled perhaps' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 's'.
'fiddled perhaps' becomes 'played' (fiddling is a kind of playing).
's'+'played'='SPLAYED'

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for splayed that I've seen before include "Spread apart" , "Turned out" , "with legs apart" .)

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