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Church is sheltering right boy or girl (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chris

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'girl' is the definition.

'church is sheltering right' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'sheltering' is an insertion indicator.
'right' becomes 'r' (common abbreviation).
'ch'+'is'='chis'
'chis' enclosing 'r' is 'CHRIS'.

'boy or' acts as a link.
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(Other definitions for chris that I've seen before include "Diminutive male or female name" , "-- Bonington, British mountaineer" , "-- Martin, Coldplay lead singer" .)

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