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Spark from burning church tower (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

inspire

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'spark' is the definition.
(I've seen this in another clue)

'from burning church tower' is the wordplay.
I cannot quite see how this works, but
'from' could be 'in' (I've seen this in other clues) and 'in' is located in the answer.
'tower' could be 'spire' (spire is a kind of tower) and 'spire' is found within the answer.
No letters remain.
This explanation may well be incorrect...

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(Other definitions for inspire that I've seen before include "Breath in; animate" , "Arouse, prompt (to new heights)" , "Stimulate to creation" , "Excite" , "take a breath" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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