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Stand in for Romeo priest found on top of woman (7)

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I believe the answer is:

relieve

'stand in for' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'romeo priest found on top of woman' is the wordplay.
'romeo' becomes 'R' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'priest' becomes 'eli' (biblical figure).
'found on top of' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'woman' becomes 'Eve' (Eve is an example).
'r'+'eli'+'eve'='RELIEVE'

(Other definitions for relieve that I've seen before include "Comfort" , "Assuage, ease" , "Take over work from someone" , "cure" , "Alleviate (eg, pain)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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