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To live in support of church involves routine strength (5,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

brute force

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'strength' is the definition.
(thesaurus)

'to live in support of church involves routine' is the wordplay.
'to live in support of' becomes 'befor' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'church' becomes 'ce' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'involves' indicates putting letters inside.
'routine' becomes 'rut' (rut is a kind of routine).
'befor'+'ce'='beforce'
'beforce' placed around 'rut' is 'BRUTE FORCE'.

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(Other definitions for brute force that I've seen before include "Sheer physical strength" , "violence" .)

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