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Christian missionary and saint in a bar (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apostle

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

'saint in a bar' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'bar' becomes 'pole' ().
'a'+'pole'='apole'
'st' placed within 'apole' is 'APOSTLE'.

'and' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for apostle that I've seen before include "Divine messenger" , "Leaps to find religious follower" , "St James, for example" , "Peter, perhaps" , "Maybe Peter" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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