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Servant concealing crime in church building (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

parsonage

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'church building' is the definition.
'parsonage' can be an answer for 'building' (thesaurus). I am unsure of the 'church' bit.

'servant concealing crime' is the wordplay.
'servant' becomes 'page' (page can mean a boy servant).
'concealing' indicates putting letters inside.
'crime' becomes 'arson' (crime of illegally starting a fire).
'page' enclosing 'arson' is 'PARSONAGE'.

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for parsonage that I've seen before include "Home of clergyman" , "cleric' s place" , "Clerical residence" , "house of prayer?" , "House of clergyman" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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