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Burn printed music mostly used by church (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

scorch

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'burn' is the definition.
(scorch is a kind of burn)

'music mostly used by church' is the wordplay.
'music' becomes 'score' (score is a kind of music).
'mostly' means to remove the last letter.
'used by church' becomes 'ch' (I can't explain this - if you can you should believe this answer much more).
'score' with its last letter taken away is 'scor'.
'scor'+'ch'='SCORCH'

'printed' acts as a link.
I am not very happy about this link. It may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for scorch that I've seen before include "Burn on the surfaces" , "Burn until black" , "Burn lightly" , "Mark by overheating" , "Wither from exposure to heat" .)

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