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Narrow-minded friend taking a choir out (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parochial

'narrow-minded' is the definition.
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'friend taking a choir out' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal can mean a friend).
'taking' is an insertion indicator.
'out' indicates an anagram (out can mean wrong or inaccurate).
'a'+'choir'='achoir'
'achoir' anagrammed gives 'arochi'.
'pal' enclosing 'arochi' is 'PAROCHIAL'.

(Other definitions for parochial that I've seen before include "Having a narrow scope" , "Related to local area - narrow" , "rather restricted" , "Narrow in outlook" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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