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Father Ted mislays last new communion plate (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

paten

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

'father ted mislays last new' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'father' could be 'pa' (pa can mean dad or father) and 'pa' is located in the answer.
'last' could be 't' (I've seen this in other clues) and 't' is located in the answer.
'new' could be 'n' (common abbreviation eg NT for New Testament) and 'n' is present in the answer.
A single letter 'e' remains which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for paten that I've seen before include "Metal plate for Eucharist" , "Communion plate" , "Special dish" , "disc" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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