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Bishop with respect to rabbi has one ... to anoint (5)

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I believe the answer is:

bless

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'one to anoint' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'bishop with respect to rabbi' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'bishop' could be 'b' (abbreviation for bishop in chess) and 'b' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'less' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'has' is the link.

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(Other definitions for bless that I've seen before include "Call God's favour upon" , "Glorify" , "Anoint" , "Isn't that sweet?" , "Approve of" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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