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Church shamefaced about black magic (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sorcery

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'black magic' is the definition.
(synonyms)

'church shamefaced about' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'shamefaced' becomes 'sorry' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'about' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'ce' put inside 'sorry' is 'SORCERY'.

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(Other definitions for sorcery that I've seen before include "practice being aligned with the devil?" , "occultism" , "Trickery" , "devilish practices" , "Use of magic" .)

I've seen this clue in The Globe and Mail.
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