The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 7 letter word UNFROCK
I've seen this crossword clue in Financial Times
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More clues leading to the result UNFROCK
- Take clothing off, having kinky fun with popular music
- Take vestments off – fantastic fun – groove to the music!
- Ruin fun and stagger, showing force out of habit
- Remove priest making a Continental congregation change hands
- Give the sack to a priest, outcome of fun and beat music?
- Make a priest give up his habit?
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The straight part
We know that "Take vestments off" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case take vestments off = unfrock.The cryptic/wordplay part
In cryptic crossword there's often an wordplay/cryptic part as well.This part involves a more complex hint, such as an anagram, homophone, hidden word, etc.
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What does UNFROCK mean?
UNFROCK verb- To remove from the clergy; to revoke the clergical status of.