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The rotter upset tea on a cleric! (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

curate

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

'the rotter upset tea' is the wordplay.
'the rotter' becomes 'cur' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'upset' indicates an anagram.
'tea' anagrammed gives 'ate'.
'cur'+'ate'='CURATE'

'on' is the link.

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(Other definitions for curate that I've seen before include "Acuter (anag.)" , "Minister of religion" , "He didn't really want an egg" , "look after collection" , "His egg is said to be good in parts." .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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