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After singer departs for church (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

beyond

'after' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

I can't explain the remainder of the clue.

(Other definitions for beyond that I've seen before include "Farther along in space, time or degree" , "Outside the range of" , "Farther than or outside" , "(The) hereafter" , "Better than" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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