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I am able to follow barrel to religious centre (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

vatican

'religious centre' is the definition.
(centre of Catholicism)

'i am able to follow barrel' is the wordplay.
'i am able' becomes 'I can' (I can).
'to follow' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (some letters go after or follow others).
'barrel' becomes 'vat' (a vat is a large tub or barrel).
'ican' put after 'vat' is 'VATICAN'.

'to' is the link.

(Other definitions for vatican that I've seen before include "Holy See" , "Papacy" , "ecclesiastical centre" , "City within Rome" , "Pope's home" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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