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Modest teas prepared after church (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaste

'modest' is the definition.
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'teas prepared after church' is the wordplay.
'prepared' indicates anagramming the letters.
'after' means one lot of letters go next to another.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation**).
'teas' with letters rearranged gives 'aste'.
'aste' put after 'ch' is 'CHASTE'.

(Other definitions for chaste that I've seen before include "Modest and decent" , "Continent" , "Cheats (anag.)" , "Maidenly" , "Morally pure" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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