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Saint who had to look out for trouble starting (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

peter

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'saint who had to look' is the definition.
'Peter' can be an answer for 'saint' (I've seen this before). I am not certain of the rest of the definition.

'out for trouble starting' is the wordplay.
'out' indicates putting letters inside.
'for' becomes 'peer' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'starting' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letter of 'trouble' is 't'.
'peer' going around 't' is 'PETER'.

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(Other definitions for peter that I've seen before include "Blue -, ship's flag" , "Cephas" , "One of Jesus' disciples" , "Early Pope" , "Play high card before low" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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