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Savage lurch, reminder at death in Canterbury tale? (6,2,3,9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

murder in the cathedral

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'savage lurch reminder at death in canterbury tale?' is the definition.
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'savage lurch reminder at death' is the wordplay.
'savage' indicates an anagram (to savage can mean to attack or destroy).
'lurch'+'reminder'+'at'+'death'='lurchreminderatdeath'
'lurchreminderatdeath' with letters rearranged gives 'MURDER IN THE CATHEDRAL'.

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(Other definitions for murder in the cathedral that I've seen before include "T.S. Eliot's Becket play" , "See leader getting bumped off" , "Play by T. S. Eliot" .)

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