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Reasonably intellectual Bishop occupying spot halfway down the stalls? (10)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

middlebrow

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'reasonably intellectual bishop occupying' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'spot halfway down the stalls?' is the wordplay.
I cannot really see how this works, but
'spot' could be 'brow' (brow is a kind of spot) and 'brow' is located in the answer.
'halfway' could be 'middle' (synonyms) and 'middle' is found in the answer.
No letters remain.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

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(Other definitions for middlebrow that I've seen before include "Not too intellectually stretching" , "unadventurous culturally" , "Not very intellectual" .)

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