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Set cost to correct reverend, if occasionally straying (5,3)

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fixed fee

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'set cost' is the definition.
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'correct reverend if occasionally straying' is the wordplay.
'correct' becomes 'fix' (fix can mean to improve or correct).
'occasionally' indicates alternate letters.
'straying' indicates an anagram.
'reverend'+'if'='reverendif'
The alternating letters of 'reverendif' are 'eeedf'.
'eeedf' with letters rearranged gives 'edfee'.
'fix'+'edfee'='FIXED FEE'

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