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Boy working next to church making pale green porcelain (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

celadon

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'pale green porcelain' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'boy working next to church' is the wordplay.
'boy' becomes 'lad' (informal term for boy).
'working' becomes 'on' (e.g. a machine is working or on).
'next to' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'ce' (Church of England).
'lad'+'on'='ladon'
'ladon' put after 'ce' is 'CELADON'.

'making' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for celadon that I've seen before include "Greyish-green porcelain" , "Green" , "pottery" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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