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No ecclesiastical letter from lady (3)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

lay

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'no' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both related to communication as well as being singular nouns.
Perhaps you can see an association between them that I can't see?

'ecclesiastical letter from lady' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'letter' could be 'y' (Y is a letter of the alphabet) and 'y' is located in the answer.
The remaining letters 'la' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't see.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for lay that I've seen before include "Non-clerical, amateur" , "Not a religious" , "located" , "Not ordained; song" , "Not professional" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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