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The minister could be a sport (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

pastor

'the minister' is the definition.
(type of church minister)

'could be a sport' is the wordplay.
'could be' indicates an anagram.
'a'+'sport'='asport'
'asport' anagrammed gives 'PASTOR'.

(Other definitions for pastor that I've seen before include "Church minister" , "who may provide a service" , "A sport (anag)" , "Minister of religion" , "Padre perhaps" .)

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