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Ten entering a church in Devon town (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

axminster

'devon town' is the definition.
(town in Devon)

'ten entering a church' is the wordplay.
'ten' becomes 'X' (Roman numeral).
'entering' is an insertion indicator.
'church' becomes 'minster' (minster is a kind of church).
'a'+'minster'='aminster'
'x' inserted inside 'aminster' is 'AXMINSTER'.

'in' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for axminster that I've seen before include "Carpeting" , "Devon town; carpet" , "West Country town" , "south-west town" , "Kind of patterned carpet" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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