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For every church has somewhere to sit (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

perch

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'to sit' is the definition.
(I know that perch is a more specific form of sit)

'for every church' is the wordplay.
'for every' becomes 'per' ('per' means 'for each' or 'for every').
'church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'per'+'ch'='PERCH'

'has somewhere' is the link.
This may not be right. Some or all of it may be part of another bit of the clue.

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(Other definitions for perch that I've seen before include "What angler may catch" , "Fish; pole" , "Rod, pole or - -" , "bird comes down on" , "Freshwater fish - roost" .)

I've seen this clue in The Mirror.
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