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Part of the church sets up club on cleaner ground (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

tabernacle

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'part of the church' is the definition.
'tabernacle' can be an answer for 'church' (I have seen 'Nonconformist church ' mean 'tabernacle' so perhaps 'church' could also mean 'tabernacle'). I am unsure of the 'part of the' bit.

'sets up club on cleaner ground' is the wordplay.
'sets up' shows that the letters should be reversed in order.
'club' becomes 'bat' (I've seen this before).
'on' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'ground' indicates anagramming the letters (grind the letters ).
'bat' written backwards gives 'tab'.
'cleaner' is an anagram of 'ernacle'.
'tab'+'ernacle'='TABERNACLE'

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(Other definitions for tabernacle that I've seen before include "Nonconformist church" , "Mormon temple" , "Tent for Ark in Exodus" , "Tent for the Ark of the Covenant" , "Portable tent" .)

I've seen this clue in the Irish Times (Crosaire) and the Irish Times.
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