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Cloak that conceals a drug in church (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

capote

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'cloak that conceals' is the definition.
'capote' can be an answer for 'cloak' (capote is a kind of cloak). I'm not sure about the rest of the definition.

'a drug in church' is the wordplay.
'drug' becomes 'pot' (slang term for cannabis).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'a'+'pot'='apot'
'apot' going inside 'ce' is 'CAPOTE'.

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(Other definitions for capote that I've seen before include "Truman perhaps" , "Breakfast at Tiffany's writer" , "Truman --, US author" , "Truman, writer" , "US author - long cloak" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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