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Anglican clutching iron rail in café (6,3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

coffee bar

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'cafe' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'anglican clutching iron rail' is the wordplay.
'anglican' becomes 'cofe' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'clutching' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'iron' becomes 'Fe' (Fe is the chemical symbol for iron).
'rail' becomes 'bar' (metal rail or bar).
'cofe' going around 'fe' is 'coffee'.
'coffee'+'bar'='COFFEE BAR'

'in' is the link.

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

I've seen this clue in The Sunday Times and The Times.
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