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About and around the Church for a brief look (5)

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I believe the answer is:

recce

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'a brief look' is the definition.
The definition and answer can be both acts as well as being singular nouns.
Maybe there's a link between them I don't understand?

'about and around the church' is the wordplay.
'about' becomes 're' (regarding).
'and' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'around' becomes 'c' (abbreviation for 'circa').
'the church' becomes 'CE' (Church of England).
're'+'c'+'ce'='RECCE'

'for' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for recce that I've seen before include "Scouting expedition (colloq.)" , "Informal appraisal" , "Preliminary survey" , "Survey to obtain information" , "Inspection" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish News.
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