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Some bread given to church group (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

bunch

'group' is the definition.
(bunch is a kind of group)

'some bread given to church' is the wordplay.
'some bread' becomes 'bun' (bun is a kind of bread).
'given to' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation**).
'bun'+'ch'='BUNCH'

(Other definitions for bunch that I've seen before include "Group of people (informal)" , "Small number of flowers tied together" , "A cluster, group" , "Gang" , "Cluster (of grapes)" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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