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Church body welcome after November (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

nave

'church body' is the definition.
(the nave is the main part or body of a church)

'welcome after november' is the wordplay.
'welcome' becomes 'ave' ('welcome' or 'farewell' - from Latin).
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'november' becomes 'N' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'ave' put after 'n' is 'NAVE'.

(Other definitions for nave that I've seen before include "Part of a church sounds roguish" , "Central part of church" , "Middle of wheel" , "Central area in a church" , "Part of the church sounds like a rogue" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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