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Saintly men let loose in touching way (13)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sentimentally

'in touching way' is the definition.

'saintly men let loose' is the wordplay.
'loose' indicates an anagram (letters are loosened from their original positions).
'saintly'+'men'+'let'='saintlymenlet'
'saintlymenlet' with letters rearranged gives 'SENTIMENTALLY'.

(Other definitions for sentimentally that I've seen before include "in mawkish fashion" , "Sloppily" , "in nostalgic way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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