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Where Gray famously wrote, a place for grave contemplation (10)

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I believe the answer is:

churchyard

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'where gray famously wrote' is the definition.
(as in Elegy in a Country Churchyard by Thomas Gray)

'a place for grave contemplation' is the wordplay.
'a place' becomes 'church' (I have seen 'Place of worship ' mean 'church' so perhaps 'place' could also mean 'church').
'for' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'grave contemplation' becomes 'yard' (I am not sure about this - if you are sure you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'church'+'yard'='CHURCHYARD'

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(Other definitions for churchyard that I've seen before include "Burial ground (usually)" , "See 9" , "Burial place" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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