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Stop living over barman at address with novice - a faithful follower (8)

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I believe the answer is:

disciple

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'a faithful follower' is the definition.

'stop living over barman at address with' is the wordplay.
'stop living' becomes 'die' (I've seen this before).
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'barman' becomes 'sc' (I've seen this in other clues).
'at' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'address with' becomes 'ipl' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'sc'+'ipl'='scipl'
'die' placed around 'scipl' is 'DISCIPLE'.

'novice' is the link.
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(Other definitions for disciple that I've seen before include "Learner in school" , "Christian?" , "Pupil - follower" , "Follower of a religious leader" , "Follower of certain doctrines" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times and the Irish Times (Crosaire).
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