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Place for cremation in weepy Reculver (4)

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I believe the answer is:

pyre

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'place for cremation' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I can't see how they can define each other.

'in weepy reculver' is the wordplay.
'in' says the answer is hidden in the clue.
'PYRE' is hidden within 'weepy reculver'.

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(Other definitions for pyre that I've seen before include "Heaped wood for burning a dead body" , "Woodpile for burning the dead" , "On which a corpse is burnt" , "Funerary heap" , "On which a body is burned" .)

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