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In church, there's plenty of this stuff (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cloth

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'this stuff' is the definition.
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'in church there's plenty' is the wordplay.
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'there's plenty' becomes 'lot' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should believe this answer much more).
'ch' placed around 'lot' is 'CLOTH'.

'of' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for cloth that I've seen before include "rag" , "Woven material" , "The clergy" , "Fabric, textile" , "Gingham, say" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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