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Made antlers to go round the church official (4)

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I believe the answer is:

dean

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

'made antlers to go round' is the wordplay.
'made antlers' becomes 'de' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'to go' becomes 'bang' (banging is a kind of going).
'round' indicates the central letters.
The middle letters of 'bang' are 'an'.
'de'+'an'='DEAN'

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(Other definitions for dean that I've seen before include "Senior academic administrator" , "Cathedral official" , "Cathedral chapter head" , "college head" , "Church or college dignitary" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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