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Store offering adult service (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

amass

'store' is the definition.
(amassing is a kind of storing)

'adult service' is the wordplay.
'adult' becomes 'a' (abbreviation).
'service' becomes 'mass' (kind of church service).
'a'+'mass'='AMASS'

'offering' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for amass that I've seen before include "run up?" , "Gather together, pile up" , "Accumulate, heap up" , "Assemble" , "Sodium chloride" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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