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Creeps in church uncovered pest (6)

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I believe the answer is:

inches

'creeps' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'in church uncovered pest' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'uncovered' indicates the central letters.
The centre of 'pest' is 'es'.
'in'+'ch'+'es'='INCHES'

(Other definitions for inches that I've seen before include "Twelves of these in a foot" , "Small islands" , "Twelve of them in a foot" , "Edges slowly" , "Slowly makes one's way" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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