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Message admitting king made up place of worship (5-4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

notre-dame

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'place of worship' is the definition.
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'message admitting king made up' is the subsidiary indication.
'message' becomes 'note' (note is a kind of message**).
'admitting' is an insertion indicator.
'king' becomes 'r' (r is abbreviation for rex).
'up' is a reversal indicator (in down clue: letters go upwards).
'made' in reverse letter order is 'edam'.
'r'+'edam'='redam'
'note' enclosing 'redam' is 'notredame'.

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(Other definitions for notre-dame that I've seen before include "tourist spot" , "Parisian building" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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