The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 3 plus 4 letter word OUR LADY
I've seen this crossword clue in The Daily Telegraph
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More clues leading to the result OUR LADY
- Mary’s 27-yard jogging
- Every 60 minutes, say, screening plug for Madonna
- Not exactly you to hold Rex, a boy, as an object of veneration
- Revered figure, royal, almost due to go walkabout
- Madonna is frequently topless without notice
- Virgin Trains carrying youth past Oxford University
- Three quarters of hour setting down song about daughter — or the Virgin Mary?
- Say, Madonna will start tour late collecting money by daybreak
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The straight part
We know that "the Virgin Mary" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case the virgin mary = our lady.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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