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Aggressively macho, but going to church (5)

Ross

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'aggressively macho' is the definition.
'butch' can be an answer for 'macho' (synonyms). I am not certain of the 'aggressively' bit.

'but going to church' is the wordplay.
'going to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'but'+'ch'='BUTCH'

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(Other definitions for butch that I've seen before include "Acting as a male (colloq.)" , "Macho" , "Markedly masculine" , "Tough" , "Aggressively masculine" .)

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