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Church feature shows one way to destroy a newspaper (6)

Ross

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pulpit

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'church' is the definition.
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(Other definitions for pulpit that I've seen before include "Structure for a sermon" , "desk" , "Podium for preaching" , "From which to preach sermons" , "Preacher's platform" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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