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Saint has restless desire, rolling in the aisles in these? (8)

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I believe the answer is:

stitches

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'aisles in these?' is the definition.
The definition suggests an adverb but the answer is not.

'saint has restless desire rolling in' is the wordplay.
'saint' becomes 'st' (abbreviation).
'has' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'restless desire' becomes 'itch' (as in having an itch for something).
'rolling in' becomes 'es' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'st'+'itch'+'es'='STITCHES'

'the' is the link.

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(Other definitions for stitches that I've seen before include "Stabbing pains" , "Sews" , "As made by 35 across" , "Loops made by needle and thread" , "In these, you're laughing hard" .)

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