Attractive girl we hear going round for job in church? (4-7)
I believe the answer is:
bell-ringing
'job in church?' is the definition.
(as in church bells)
'attractive girl we hear going round' is the wordplay.
'attractive girl' becomes 'belle' (a belle is a beautiful woman).
'we hear' shows a homophone (sound like).
'going round' becomes 'ringing' (ring can mean to go around or surround).
'belle' is a homophone of 'bell'.
'bell'+'ringing'='BELL-RINGING'
'for' is the link.
(Another definition for bell-ringing that I've seen is " Campanology".)
I've seen this clue in The Times.
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