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Peer over top of unmade beds regularly to see a sacred place! (7)

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I believe the answer is:

lourdes

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'a sacred place' is the definition.
'lourdes' can be an answer for 'place' (I have seen 'Place of pilgrimage ' mean 'lourdes' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'lourdes'). I am not certain of the 'a sacred' bit.

'peer over top of unmade beds regularly' is the wordplay.
'peer' becomes 'lord' (I've seen this before**).
'over' is an insertion indicator.
'top of' suggests taking the first letters.
'regularly' means one should take alternating letters (regularly take one letter, leave next etc.).
The initial letter of 'unmade' is 'u'.
The alternating letters of 'beds' are 'es'.
'lord' going around 'u' is 'lourd'.
'lourd'+'es'='LOURDES'

'to see' is the link.

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(Other definitions for lourdes that I've seen before include "Shrine in SW France" , "It offers hope to the sick" , "pilgrims' destination" , "Place of pilgrimage in the French Pyrenees" , "Famous centre of pilgrimage in SW France" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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