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Fly home with religious group? (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

insect

'fly' is the definition.
(insect is a type of fly)

'home with religious group?' is the wordplay.
'home' becomes 'in' ('he's home' can mean 'he's in').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'religious group?' becomes 'sect' (eg a religious sect).
'in'+'sect'='INSECT'

(Other definitions for insect that I've seen before include "Small invertebrate creature" , "Small arthropod creature" , "Contemptible person" , "The entomologist studies this" , "may be attracted to a website?" .)

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