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Trust 100 Anglicans to conserve river garden (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

credence

'trust' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'100 anglicans to conserve river garden' is the wordplay.
'e00' becomes 'c' ('C' can be a synonym of 'e00').
'anglicans' becomes 'ce' (Church of England).
'to conserve' is an insertion indicator.
'river' becomes 'r'.
'garden' becomes 'eden' (I've seen this before**).
'c'+'ce'='cce'
'r'+'eden'='reden'
'cce' going around 'reden' is 'CREDENCE'.

(Other definitions for credence that I've seen before include "Acceptance" , "Sort of table" , "Belief in something as true" , "Faith or belief placed in something" , "that creates confidence" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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