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Help me tidy up part of church (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

temple

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

'help me tidy up part' is the wordplay.
'part' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'elpmet' can be found hidden inside 'help me tidy'.
'elpmet' backwards is 'TEMPLE'.

'of' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for temple that I've seen before include "One of two archbishops" , "centre of interest?" , "Shrine" , "'Shirley ..., child movie star (6)'" , "Side of head or holy building" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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