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Saint takes pen outside restaurant (6)

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I believe the answer is:

bistro

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'restaurant' is the definition.
(I know that bistro is a type of restaurant)

'saint takes pen outside' is the wordplay.
'saint takes' becomes 'st' (this could be a standard abbreviation which I don't know about).
'pen' becomes 'Biro' (Biro is a make of pen).
'outside' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'st' put into 'biro' is 'BISTRO'.

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(Other definitions for bistro that I've seen before include "Small bar-cum-restaurant" , "Small French bar and restaurant" , "Cafe bar" , "Eating place" , "Cafe/restaurant" .)

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