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When in church for instance (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

case

'instance' is the definition.
('case' can be a synonym of 'instance')

'when in church' is the wordplay.
'when' becomes 'as'.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England**).
'as' going into 'ce' is 'CASE'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for case that I've seen before include "See 12" , "proceedings" , "Wine buyer's basic quantity" , "Reconnoitre" , "baggage item" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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