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Flower favoured by churches retails freely in cathedral (6,4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

easter lily

'flower favoured by churches' is the definition.
(symbol of the resurrection of Christ)

'retails freely in cathedral' is the wordplay.
'freely' indicates an anagram.
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'cathedral' becomes 'ely' (cathedral city in Cambridgeshire).
'retails' is an anagram of 'asterli'.
'asterli' going into 'ely' is 'EASTER LILY'.

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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