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Glib line about a Catholic (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

facile

'glib' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'line about a catholic' is the wordplay.
'line' becomes 'file' (file is a kind of line**).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'catholic' becomes 'c' (abbreviation as in RC for Roman Catholic).
'a'+'c'='ac'
'file' placed around 'ac' is 'FACILE'.

(Other definitions for facile that I've seen before include "Easy to accomplish" , "Effortless, easy" , "Arrived at without due care or effort" , "Smooth" , "Simplistic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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