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Damage garden tool by church in Moroccan city (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

marrakech

'moroccan city' is the definition.
(I know that Marrakech is Maroc)

'damage garden tool by church' is the wordplay.
'damage' becomes 'mar' (to mar is to spoil or damage).
'garden tool' becomes 'rake' (tool used when gardening).
'by' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'mar'+'rake'+'ch'='MARRAKECH'

'in' is the link.

(Another definition for marrakech that I've seen is " African city".)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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