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Brewer's plants bed situated by church - kids jump about in it (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

hopscotch

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'kids jump about in it' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'brewer's plants bed situated by church' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'plants' could be 'hops' (hop is a kind of plant) and 'hops' is found within the answer.
'bed' could be 'cot' (cot is a kind of bed) and 'cot' is found in the answer.
'church' could be 'ch' (common abbreviation) and 'ch' is located in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for hopscotch that I've seen before include "Playground game" , "kids jump about in it" , "child's play" , "Children's pavement game" , "Children's game with squares on ground" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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