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Saintly Victor gets a new suit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vitus

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'saintly' is the definition.
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'victor gets a new suit' is the wordplay.
'victor' becomes 'v' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'gets' is an insertion indicator.
'a new' indicates anagramming the letters.
'suit' with letters rearranged gives 'itus'.
'v' put within 'itus' is 'VITUS'.

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(Other definitions for vitus that I've seen before include "Saint giving name to "dance"" , "Saint (with a pathological dance)" , "Saint whose dance is a disease" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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