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They have faith in model with hold-up stockings to begin with (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

theists

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'they have faith' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'model with hold-up stockings to begin with' is the wordplay.
'model' becomes 'T' (Ford Model T car).
'with' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'hold-up' becomes 'heist' (I've seen this before).
'to begin with' says to take the initial letters.
The initial letter of 'stockings' is 's'.
't'+'heist'+'s'='THEISTS'

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for theists that I've seen before include "Believers" , "religious people" , "people who believe in God" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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