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Unlovely boy good for church music (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

plainsong

'church music' is the definition.
(plainsong is a kind of church music)

'unlovely boy good' is the wordplay.
'unlovely' becomes 'plain'.
'boy' becomes 'son' ('son' can be a synonym of 'boy').
'good' becomes 'g' (abbreviation).
'plain'+'son'+'g'='PLAINSONG'

'for' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for plainsong that I've seen before include "Lied, perhaps" , "Mediaeval church music" , "accompanied vocal music? No" , "Simple melody" , "church melody" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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