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Place for prayer when keen on iniquity, reportedly (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

synagogue

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'place' is the definition.
(I have seen 'Place of worship ' mean 'synagogue' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'synagogue')

'prayer when keen on iniquity reportedly' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'when' could be 'e' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'e' is found in the answer.
'keen' could be 'agog' (I've seen this in another clue) and 'agog' is present in the answer.
This may be the basis of the clue (or it may be nonsense).

'for' is the link.

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(Other definitions for synagogue that I've seen before include "Place for public Jewish worship" , "Place of worship for Jewish congregation" , "A building for public Jewish worship" , "Worshippers" , "religious building" .)

I've seen this clue in The Guardian.
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