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Friend attending Mass this Sunday? (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

palm

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'sunday?' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how one could define the other.

'friend attending mass' is the wordplay.
'friend' becomes 'pal' (pal can mean a friend).
'attending' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'mass' becomes 'm' (symbol used in Physics e.g. f=ma).
'pal'+'m'='PALM'

'this' is the link.

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(Other definitions for palm that I've seen before include "Use hand" , "Inner surface of the hand" , "Conceal in the hand" , "Leaf in part of the hand?" , "Date-tree" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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