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Men's faith is wavering in underground passage (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

mineshaft

'underground passage' is the definition.

'men's faith is wavering' is the wordplay.
'is wavering' is an anagram indicator.
'mens'+'faith'='mensfaith'
'mensfaith' is an anagram of 'MINESHAFT'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for mineshaft that I've seen before include "one's got bored" , "not a feature of 4, 21 [OPENCAST MINING]" , "Vertical hole" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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