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Church, different, with a London team? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chelsea

'london team?' is the definition.
(London football club)

'church different with a' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'different' becomes 'else' ('else' can be a synonym of 'different').
'with' says to put letters next to each other.
'ch'+'else'+'a'='CHELSEA'

(Other definitions for chelsea that I've seen before include "Team in blue" , "London district and football club" , "Bunny" , "upmarket part of London" , "London Blues" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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