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She saves you from trouble, and starts to instil abundant hope (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

messiah

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'she saves you' is the definition.
I can't tell whether this defines the answer.

'trouble and starts to instil abundant hope' is the wordplay.
'trouble' becomes 'mess' ().
'and' says to put letters next to each other.
'starts to' suggests taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'instil abundant hope' is 'iah'.
'mess'+'iah'='MESSIAH'

'from' is the link.

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(Other definitions for messiah that I've seen before include "Handel's composition, sung annually by Our Lady's Choral Society" , "A hoped-for saviour" , "Inspirational liberator" , "well-loved music" , "Hallelujah chorus work" .)

I've seen this clue in The Hindu.
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