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Repulse drunk going round church tomb (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sepulchre

'tomb' is the definition.
(sepulchre is a kind of tomb)

'repulse drunk going round church' is the wordplay.
'drunk' is an anagram indicator.
'going round' is an insertion indicator.
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'repulse' is an anagram of 'sepulre'.
'sepulre' going around 'ch' is 'SEPULCHRE'.

(Other definitions for sepulchre that I've seen before include "An ancient tomb - whited in Gospels" , "Help curse (anag) - tomb" , "Burial place" , "Helps cure (anag)" , "Resting place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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