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Anglican carrying iron rod in drinking establishment (6,3)

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I believe the answer is:

coffee bar

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'anglican' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't understand how one could define the other.

'carrying iron rod in drinking establishment' is the wordplay.
'carrying' says to put letters next to each other (in a down clue, the bottom letters carry others).
'iron rod in' becomes 'coffee' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'drinking establishment' becomes 'bar' (place that serves drinks).
'coffee' put next to 'bar' is 'COFFEE BAR'.

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(Another definition for coffee bar that I've seen is " Buffet".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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