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Cathedral getting a lot of criticism in the home (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

domestic

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'the home' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'cathedral getting a lot of criticism' is the wordplay.
'cathedral getting' becomes 'dome' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'a lot of' means to remove the last letter (most of the word but not all of it).
'criticism' becomes 'stick' (giving someone stick is criticising them).
'stick' with its last letter removed is 'stic'.
'dome'+'stic'='DOMESTIC'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for domestic that I've seen before include "Family quarrel" , "Concerning home affairs" , "Violent quarrel" , "Personal" , "Relating to the home or family" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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