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Religious rule could anger non-believers over Nature's origins (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

canon

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'religious rule' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'believers over nature's origins' is the wordplay.
'believers' becomes 'can' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'origins' indicates taking the first letters.
The initial letters of 'over nature' is 'on'.
'can'+'on'='CANON'

'could anger non' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. Some or all of it may belong to another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for canon that I've seen before include "Such literary works are genuine" , "Ecclesiastical rule" , "General principle; musical round" , "Collection of writing" , "in the ministry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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