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Turn up to take the water here at the end of June in the Abbey, perhaps. (4)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

apse

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'turn up to take the water here at the end of june in the abbey perhaps' is the definition.
Although both the answer and definition are singular nouns, I don't see how they can define each other.

'turn up to take the water here at the end of june' is the wordplay.
'turn up' is a reversal indicator.
'to take the water here' becomes 'spa' (I can't justify this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'at the end of' suggests the final letters.
The last letter of 'june' is 'e'.
'spa' written backwards gives 'aps'.
'aps'+'e'='APSE'

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(Other definitions for apse that I've seen before include "Large recess in church" , "Strange peas in the church recess" , "Church's part" , "where praetor sat" , "Recess at eastern end of a church" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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