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In church smeller misses nothing - this included? (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

incense

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'nothing this included?' is the definition.
The definition suggests a singular noun which matches the answer.

'in church smeller misses' is the wordplay.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'smeller misses' becomes 'nse' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'in'+'ce'+'nse'='INCENSE'

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(Other definitions for incense that I've seen before include "Substance burnt in church" , "Rouse to anger" , "To outrage" , "Anger - holy smoke!" , "source of smoke" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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