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Abuse met at minster, unfortunately (12)

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I believe the answer is:

mistreatment

'abuse' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'met at minster unfortunately' is the wordplay.
'unfortunately' indicates an anagram (a bad or unfortunate spelling).
'met'+'at'+'minster'='metatminster'
'metatminster' is an anagram of 'MISTREATMENT'.

(Other definitions for mistreatment that I've seen before include "overrevving?" , "Abuse; bad handling" , "Cruel misuse" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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