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Killing makes church service some land (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

massacre

'killing' is the definition.
(I know that massacre is a type of murder)

'church service some land' is the wordplay.
'church service' becomes 'mass' (Mass is a type of church service).
'some land' becomes 'acre' (unit of land).
'mass'+'acre'='MASSACRE'

'makes' is the link.

(Other definitions for massacre that I've seen before include "Brutal slaughter" , "Slaughter, holocaust" , "Heavily defeat" , "Butchery" , "Inflict a heavy defeat" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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