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Looked for organ around Church of England (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

glanced

'looked' is the definition.
(glancing is a kind of looking)

'organ around church of england' is the wordplay.
'organ' becomes 'gland' (gland is a kind of organ).
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'church of england' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation).
'gland' placed around 'ce' is 'GLANCED'.

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for glanced that I've seen before include "Took a quick look" , "Looked quickly" , "Peeked" , "Glimpsed" , "Looked briefly or bounced off" .)

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