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Abbey not disheartened about short time inside (7)

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I believe the answer is:

tintern

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'abbey' is the definition.
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'not disheartened about short time inside' is the wordplay.
'not disheartened' becomes 'tern' (I can't justify this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'about' says to put letters next to each other.
'short time' becomes 't' (abbreviation; 'short' indicates a short form).
'inside' becomes 'in'.
't'+'in'='tin'
'tern' put after 'tin' is 'TINTERN'.

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(Other definitions for tintern that I've seen before include "Old abbey on the Wye" , "abbey that inspired Wordsworth" , "Famous Gwent abbey" , "Abbey made famous by Wordsworth" , "Monmouthshire abbey" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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