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Weep in front of edgy priest in underground chapel (5)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

crypt

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'underground chapel' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'weep in front of edgy priest' is the wordplay.
'weep' becomes 'cry' (synonyms).
'in front of' means one lot of letters go next to another (some letters go in front of others).
'edgy priest' becomes 'pt' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'cry'+'pt'='CRYPT'

'in' acts as a link.

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(Other definitions for crypt that I've seen before include "Tomb" , "Sepulchre" , "Underground chamber for burials" , "Underground room of church" , "Space under church" .)

I've seen this clue in The Irish Times.
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