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Servant concealing crime in holy residence (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parsonage

'holy residence' is the definition.
(residence of a parson)

'servant concealing crime' is the wordplay.
'servant' becomes 'page' (I've seen this before).
'concealing' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'crime' becomes 'arson' (crime of illegally starting a fire).
'page' enclosing 'arson' is 'PARSONAGE'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for parsonage that I've seen before include "parish priest's house" , "cleric' s place" , "Clergyman's house" , "Clerical residence" , "house of prayer?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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