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Unorthodox duty in the morning in an ancient Greek temple sanctuary (6)

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I believe the answer is:

adytum

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'temple sanctuary' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'unorthodox duty in the morning in' is the wordplay.
'unorthodox' indicates an anagram.
'in the morning' becomes 'am' (AM on a clock).
'in' indicates putting letters inside.
'duty' anagrammed gives 'dytu'.
'dytu' placed into 'am' is 'ADYTUM'.

'an ancient greek' is the link.
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(Other definitions for adytum that I've seen before include "sacred space" , "inner sanctum" , "Temple sanctuary" , "Inner room" , "ancient sanctuary" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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