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Superior church in outer Derby, or maybe Cornwall (5)

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I believe the answer is:

duchy

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'maybe cornwall' is the definition.
I can't judge whether this defines the answer.

'superior church in outer derby' is the wordplay.
'superior' becomes 'U' (U can mean upper-class, as in U and non-U speech).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'outer' says to hollow out the word (remove centre letters).
'derby' with its centre taken out is 'dy'.
'u'+'ch'='uch'
'uch' put into 'dy' is 'DUCHY'.

'or' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for duchy that I've seen before include "Dukedom" , "Duke's domain" , "Territory of a nobleman - Cornwall, for instance" , "Cornwall, Lancaster such a territory" , "Duke's territory" .)

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