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Shame about conclusion of padre’s godliness (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

piety

'godliness' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'shame about conclusion of padre's' is the wordplay.
'shame' becomes 'pity' (synonyms).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'conclusion of' says to take the final letters.
The final letter of 'padre' is 'e'.
'pity' going around 'e' is 'PIETY'.

(Other definitions for piety that I've seen before include "Godly behaviour" , "Holiness" , "Devotion to religious principles" , "Attentive religious practice" , "An unthinkingly accepted belief" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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