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Innocent frolics before church, no sex (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

continence

'no sex' is the definition.
(self-restraint from sex)

'innocent frolics before church' is the wordplay.
'frolics' is an anagram indicator (I've seen 'frolicking' mean this).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'innocent' is an anagram of 'continen'.
'continen'+'ce'='CONTINENCE'

(Another definition for continence that I've seen is " Self-restraint".)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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