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Study part of church plan (8)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

conspire

'plan' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'study part of church' is the wordplay.
'study' becomes 'con' (I've seen this before).
'part of church' becomes 'spire'.
'con'+'spire'='CONSPIRE'

(Other definitions for conspire that I've seen before include "Act secretly with others" , "Plot secretly" , "So prince is given to plan secretly with others" , "Secretly plan together" , "Collude" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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