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A crude tablet possibly erected in place of worship (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

gurdwara

'place of worship' is the definition.
(gurdwara is a Sikh place of worship)

'a crude tablet possibly erected' is the wordplay.
'crude' becomes 'raw' (synonyms).
'tablet possibly' becomes 'drug' (tablet is a kind of drug).
'erected' shows that the letters should be reversed in order (in a down clue, letters go up).
'a'+'raw'+'drug'='arawdrug'
'arawdrug' backwards is 'GURDWARA'.

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for gurdwara that I've seen is " place to worship".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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