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Church official has wrapped silks, brown, for chapter to wear (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sacristan

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

'wrapped silks brown for chapter to wear' is the wordplay.
'wrapped silks' becomes 'saris' (sari is a silk garment).
'brown' becomes 'tan' (tan is a kind of brown).
'for' says to put letters next to each other.
'chapter' becomes 'c'.
'to wear' is an insertion indicator (to wear something is to be covered up by it).
'saris'+'tan'='saristan'
'saristan' going around 'c' is 'SACRISTAN'.

'has' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for sacristan that I've seen before include "Sexton" , "Church officer in charge of sacred objects" , "Church official" , "Church worker" , "Church officer in charge of sacred vessels etc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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