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Underhand opening for Dean and Prior to dismiss Priest (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

devious

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

'opening for dean and prior to dismiss priest' is the wordplay.
'opening for dean' becomes 'd' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'and' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'prior' becomes 'previous' (I've seen this before).
'to dismiss' is a deletion indicator.
'priest' becomes 'pr'.
'previous' with 'pr' taken out is 'evious'.
'd'+'evious'='DEVIOUS'

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(Other definitions for devious that I've seen before include "Underhand -- sneaky" , "Underhand, deceitful" , "Not straightforward or direct" , "Cunning and deceitful" , "Not straightforward, underhand" .)

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