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Sermon here: if no good, do this with text? (6)

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pulpit

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'do this with text?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'sermon here if no good' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'good' could be 'pi' (old-fashioned term for pious) and 'pi' is present in the answer.
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(Other definitions for pulpit that I've seen before include "From which minister spouts" , "From which to preach sermons" , "Podium for preaching" , "Preacher's platform" , "Sermons are preached from it" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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