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Expression of dislike, receiving second question in place of prayer (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mosque

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'place of prayer' is the definition.
'mosque' can be an answer for 'place' (I have seen 'Place of worship ' mean 'mosque' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'mosque'). I'm not certain of the 'of prayer' bit.

'expression of dislike receiving second question' is the wordplay.
'expression of dislike' becomes 'moe' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'receiving' is an insertion indicator.
'second' becomes 's' (common abbreviation).
'question' becomes 'qu'.
's'+'qu'='squ'
'moe' placed around 'squ' is 'MOSQUE'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for mosque that I've seen before include "Islamic place of worship" , "A Muslim house of prayer" , "Muslim temple" , "holy place" , "Muslim place of worship with minaret" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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