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Bishop given not so much worship (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bless

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'much worship' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are verbs in their base form, I cannot see how they can define each other.

'bishop given not' is the wordplay.
'bishop' becomes 'B' (chess abbreviation).
'given' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'not' becomes 'less' (I've seen this in other clues).
'b'+'less'='BLESS'

'so' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for bless that I've seen before include "Render holy" , "Call God's favour upon" , "set aside for holy purpose?" , "Isn't that sweet?" , "Praise - consecrate" .)

I've seen this clue in The Sun.
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