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Room in church -- it's scary, somehow (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

sacristy

'room in church' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'it's scary somehow' is the wordplay.
'somehow' indicates an anagram.
'its'+'scary'='itsscary'
'itsscary' with letters rearranged gives 'SACRISTY'.

(Other definitions for sacristy that I've seen before include "Church's sacred vessels store" , "Room in church for vestments etc." , "Satyr (sic) found in church storage room" , "Part of church" , "Church robing room" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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