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Kind female by a church font (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

typeface

'font' is the definition.
('typeface' can be a synonym of 'font')

'kind female by a church' is the wordplay.
'kind' becomes 'type' (type is a kind of kind**).
'female' becomes 'f' (abbreviation).
'by' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'type'+'f'+'a'+'ce'='TYPEFACE'

(Other definitions for typeface that I've seen before include "Style of font" , "Printing font" , "Particular font" , "Style of printing surface" , "Baskerville, perhaps" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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