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Reason partners enter cathedral area (5)

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I believe the answer is:

sense

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'reason' is the definition.
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'partners enter cathedral area' is the wordplay.
'partners' becomes 'ns' (North and South are partners in the game bridge).
'enter' is an insertion indicator.
'cathedral area' becomes 'see' (see is a kind of area. I am not sure about the 'cathedral' bit.).
'ns' placed inside 'see' is 'SENSE'.

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(Other definitions for sense that I've seen before include "Smell, say" , "Divine" , "Get an impression" , "Detect, be aware of" , "Could be common or horse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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