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Novel set in foreign city areas with churches (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parishes

'areas with churches' is the definition.

'novel set in foreign city' is the wordplay.
'novel' becomes 'she' (I've seen this before).
'set in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'foreign city' becomes 'paris' (I've seen this before).
'she' inserted inside 'paris' is 'PARISHES'.

(Another definition for parishes that I've seen is " Local subdivision of a diocese".)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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