Religious rite snake vocally encourages? (8)

From Times Cryptic 29542, 13A —

13A — Religious rite snake vocally encourages? (8)ASPERGES

  • Definition
    Definition found: 'Religious rite' — A short Latin sprinkling rite before Mass.
  • Indicator
    Indicator found: 'vocally'
  • Operation
    'vocally' signals a homophone operation
  • Fodder
    Fodder: 'encourages?'
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'snake' → ASP
  • Synonym
    Synonyms spotted: 'encourages?' → URGES
  • Assembly
    ASP + (URGES > ERGES) = ASPERGES

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