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Support Religious Instruction, uplifting routine for owner (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

proprietor

'owner' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'support religious instruction uplifting routine' is the wordplay.
'support' becomes 'prop' (prop is a kind of support**).
'religious instruction' becomes 'ri' (abbreviation).
'uplifting' is a reversal indicator.
'routine' becomes 'rote' (I have seen 'Mechanical routine ' mean 'rote' so perhaps 'routine' could also mean 'rote').
'rote' backwards is 'etor'.
'prop'+'ri'+'etor'='PROPRIETOR'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for proprietor that I've seen before include "Business owner" , "Landlord" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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