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Saintly name for the wanderer (5)

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I believe the answer is:

stray

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'the wanderer' is the definition.

'saintly name' is the wordplay.
'saintly' becomes 'st' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'name' becomes 'ray'.
'st'+'ray'='STRAY'

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stray that I've seen before include "Wander off course" , "digress" , "Wander from the path" , "Waif and - -" , "Wander; be unfaithful" .)

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