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The blessed Guardian’s not partisan, somehow! (6,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

patron saint

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'the blessed guardian's' is the definition.
'patron saint' can be an answer for 'guardian's' (patron saint is a kind of guardian). I'm unsure of the 'the blessed' bit.

'not partisan somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' is an anagram indicator.
'not'+'partisan'='notpartisan'
'notpartisan' with letters rearranged gives 'PATRON SAINT'.

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(Other definitions for patron saint that I've seen before include "Unearthly guardian" , "National representative" , "Patrick for Ireland, for example" , "Religious guardian" , "Holy guardian of country, trade etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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