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Cry out, seeing loose weathered stones on front of church (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

screech

'cry out' is the definition.

'loose weathered stones on front of church' is the wordplay.
'loose weathered stones' becomes 'scree' (scree refers to a mass of loose stones).
'on front of' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'scree'+'ch'='SCREECH'

'seeing' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for screech that I've seen before include "Outcry" , "Squeal" , "cry of horror" , "Cry raucously; type of owl" , "Sharp piercing cry" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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