Gets church into festivals (7)

I believe the answer is:

fetches

'gets' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'church into festivals' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'into' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'festivals' becomes 'fetes' ('fete' can be a synonym of 'festival').
'ch' inserted within 'fetes' is 'FETCHES'.

(Another definition for fetches that I've seen is " Brings".)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.

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