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One church reporter with desk at the centre of the blocks of water coolers? (3-5)

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I believe the answer is:

ice-cubes

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'water coolers?' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'one church reporter with desk at the centre of the blocks' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'one' could be 'i' (Roman numeral) and 'i' is found in the answer.
'church' could be 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England) and 'ce' is found within the answer.
'reporter' could be 'cub' (I have seen 'Inexperienced reporter' mean 'cub' so perhaps 'reporter' could also mean 'cub') and 'cub' is found in the answer.
The remaining letters 'es' is a valid word which might be clued in a way I don't understand.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

'of' is the link.

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(Other definitions for ice-cubes that I've seen before include "Accompaniment for drinks" , "They cool drinks" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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