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IT person getting European church in bind (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

techie

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'it person' is the definition.
I don't know anything about this answer so I can't tell whether this works.

'european church in bind' is the wordplay.
'european' becomes 'E' (abbreviation e.g. EU).
'church' becomes 'ch' (abbreviation on maps etc).
'in' is an insertion indicator.
'bind' becomes 'tie' (synonyms).
'e'+'ch'='ech'
'ech' inserted inside 'tie' is 'TECHIE'.

'getting' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for techie that I've seen before include "computer expert" , "PC expert" , "Expert in some practical science" , "IT whizz" .)

I've seen this clue in The Daily Express.
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