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Church staff restricting a haunt of Beatles fans? (5,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

abbey road

'haunt of beatles fans?' is the definition.
(street on The Beatles' Abbey Road album cover)

'church staff restricting a' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'abbey' (abbey is a kind of church**).
'staff' becomes 'rod' (I've seen this before).
'restricting' indicates putting letters inside.
'rod' enclosing 'a' is 'road'.
'abbey'+'road'='ABBEY ROAD'

(Other definitions for abbey road that I've seen before include "Thoroughfare of Beatles fame" , "Beatles album - recording studio" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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