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Window on left part of church (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chancel

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'part of church' is the definition.
(area of a church)

'window on left' is the wordplay.
'window on' becomes 'chance' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'left' becomes 'l' (common abbreviation).
'chance'+'l'='CHANCEL'

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(Other definitions for chancel that I've seen before include "Part of church near altar" , "Area around the altar of a church" , "where sanctuary may be found" , "screened-off area" , "choir and clergy's area" .)

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