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Creeps call into church before Sunday (7)

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I believe the answer is:

cringes

'creeps' is the definition.
('cringe' can be a synonym of 'creep')

'call into church before sunday' is the wordplay.
'call' becomes 'ring' ('ring' can be a synonym of 'call'**).
'into' indicates putting letters inside.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'before' says to put letters next to each other.
'sunday' becomes 's'.
'ring' placed inside 'ce' is 'cringe'.
'cringe'+'s'='CRINGES'

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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