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Bloke attends extremely evangelical place of worship (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chapel

'place of worship' is the definition.
(chapel is a kind of place of worship)

'bloke attends extremely evangelical' is the wordplay.
'bloke' becomes 'chap' (both can mean a man).
'attends' says to put letters next to each other.
'extremely' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters) (only the extremes of the word are used).
'evangelical' with its middle removed is 'el'.
'chap'+'el'='CHAPEL'

(Other definitions for chapel that I've seen before include "NUJ members?" , "Place used for Christian worship - smaller than cathedral" , "Nonconformist church" , "religious building" , "union group" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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