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Hawks in parts of monastery perhaps made out (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sells

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

'parts of monastery perhaps made out' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite understand how this works, but
'parts' could be 'ells' (ell is a kind of part) and 'ells' is found in the answer.
A single letter 's' remains which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'in' is the link.

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(Other definitions for sells that I've seen before include "Flogs" , "Exchanges for payment" , "Markets" , "Vends" , "Retails" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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