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Withdraw religious education pamphlet (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

retract

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

'religious education pamphlet' is the wordplay.
'religious education' becomes 'RE' (abbreviation).
'pamphlet' becomes 'tract' (synonyms).
're'+'tract'='RETRACT'

(Other definitions for retract that I've seen before include "Eat one's words" , "Reverse" , "Withdraw (offer, statement etc)" , "Pull back (statements or claws, perhaps)" , "Take back what was said" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Telegraph.
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