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Lawyers supported by cathedral city? Only just (6)

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I believe the answer is:

barely

'only just' is the definition.

'lawyers supported by cathedral city?' is the wordplay.
'lawyers' becomes 'bar' (I've seen this before).
'supported by' means one lot of letters go next to another (letters go below - in down clue).
'cathedral city?' becomes 'ely' (I've seen this before**).
'bar'+'ely'='BARELY'

(Other definitions for barely that I've seen before include "Not quite" , "Just about or scantily" , "just a short while before" , "as Godiva rode?" , "how streakers like to act?" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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