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Parasites manipulated feelings about religion (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

greenflies

'parasites' is the definition.
(greenfly is a type of parasite)

'manipulated feelings about religion' is the wordplay.
'manipulated' indicates an anagram.
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'religion' becomes 're' (short for Religious Education).
'feelings' anagrammed gives 'genflies'.
'genflies' placed around 're' is 'GREENFLIES'.

(Another definition for greenflies that I've seen is " Aphids".)

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