The faithful priest in the case of Beebe v HM Customs, removing habit (9)

I believe the answer is:

believers

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'the faithful' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'beebe v hm customs removing habit' is the wordplay.
'beebe' becomes 'belie' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hm' becomes 'ER' (HM Her Majesty, ER Elizabeth Regina).
'customs' becomes 'ways' (I've seen this in another clue).
'removing' is a deletion indicator.
'habit' becomes 'way' (habit or way of doing something).
'ways' with 'way' taken out is 's'.
'belie'+'v'+'er'+'s'='BELIEVERS'

'priest in the case of' is the link.
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