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Back up religious type sup­pressing a Gaelic language (7)

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I believe the answer is:

reverse

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

'religious type suppressing a gaelic language' is the wordplay.
'religious type' becomes 'rev' (short for reverend).
'suppressing' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go on top of others).
'a gaelic language' becomes 'erse' (term for the Scottish or Irish language).
'rev'+'erse'='REVERSE'

(Other definitions for reverse that I've seen before include "Turn back to front" , "Do u-turn to reserve" , "Countermand" , "Travel backwards" , "Britannia's place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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