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The woman had to keep quiet, accompanying her pastor (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

shepherd

'pastor' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'the woman had to keep quiet accompanying her' is the wordplay.
'the woman had' becomes 'shed' (she'd).
'to keep' indicates putting letters inside.
'quiet' becomes 'p' (music symbol for 'piano').
'accompanying' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'p'+'her'='pher'
'shed' enclosing 'pher' is 'SHEPHERD'.

(Other definitions for shepherd that I've seen before include "Tender of sheep" , "See 15" , "Pastor" , "One watching flock" , "Flock watcher" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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