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Window in church shows singer of colour (9)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chaffinch

'singer of colour' is the definition.
(I know that chaffinch is a subclass of colorful songbird)

'window in church' is the wordplay.
'window' becomes 'chaff' (both can mean an anti-missile measure).
'church' becomes 'ch' (common abbreviation).
'chaff'+'in'+'ch'='CHAFFINCH'

'shows' acts as a link.

(Other definitions for chaffinch that I've seen before include "Small European songbird" , "European bird with black and white wings" , "flier" , "Common bird" , "Singer" .)

I've seen this clue in The Times.
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