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Meet eccentric around place or house of worship (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

temple

'house of worship' is the definition.
(temple is a kind of house of worship)

'meet eccentric around place' is the wordplay.
'eccentric' indicates an anagram.
'around' is an insertion indicator.
'place' becomes 'pl' (abbreviation used in postal addresses).
'meet' anagrammed gives 'teme'.
'teme' enclosing 'pl' is 'TEMPLE'.

'or' is the link.

(Other definitions for temple that I've seen before include "Mormon church" , "Side of head or holy building" , "One of two archbishops" , "Coy, composed" , "Where people worship" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times and The Sun.
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