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Under church, climbers will find badgers (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chivies

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'find badgers' is the definition.
The answer and definition can be both to do with human feelings as well as being verbs in their -s form.
Perhaps there's a link between them I don't understand?

'under church climbers' is the wordplay.
'under' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other) (in a down clue, some letters go below others).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'climbers' becomes 'ivies' (ivies are climbing plants).
'ch'+'ivies' is 'CHIVIES'.

'will' acts as a link.

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