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Fraud opening religious community (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

convent

'religious community' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'fraud opening' is the wordplay.
'fraud' becomes 'con' (con is a kind of fraud).
'opening' becomes 'vent' (vent is a kind of opening).
'con'+'vent'='CONVENT'

(Other definitions for convent that I've seen before include "Nunnery" , "Building for prayer" , "Building for nuns" , "place for nuns" , "Religious house" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent and The Sun.
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