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Tune to be used by church in one of the services (3,5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

air force

'one of the services' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'tune to be used by church' is the wordplay.
'tune' becomes 'air' (air can mean a piece of music).
'to' becomes 'for'.
'be used by' says to put letters next to each other.
'church' becomes 'CE' (abbreviation for Church of England).
'air'+'for'+'ce'='AIR FORCE'

'in' is the link.

(Other definitions for air force that I've seen before include "Simple tune for church service" , "Armed service" , "Country's military planes" , "A country's flying service" , "one of the services" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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