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Infatuation about Rector, one in church area (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parish

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'church area' is the definition.
'parish' can be an answer for 'area' (I have seen 'Ecclesiastical area' mean 'parish' so perhaps 'area' could also mean 'parish'). I am not certain of the 'church' bit.

'infatuation about rector one' is the wordplay.
'infatuation' becomes 'pash' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' indicates putting letters inside.
'rector' becomes 'r'.
'one' becomes 'i' (Roman numeral).
'r'+'i'='ri'
'pash' enclosing 'ri' is 'PARISH'.

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for parish that I've seen before include "Local church community" , "Kind of 2 down - has rip (anag)" , "In Louisiana a county" , "Unit of local government" , "administrative district" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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