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Church notice in African republic (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chad

'african republic' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'church notice' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'notice' becomes 'ad' (short for advert).
'ch'+'ad'='CHAD'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for chad that I've seen before include "Piece of (almost?) punched-out paper" , "N.Central African Republic" , "cartoon character" , "North central African country, capital N'Djamena" , "African country south of Libya" .)

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