Cryptic crossword clue
Set of bells that man installed in church 5

The most common and most likely answer to this crossword clue is the 5 letter word CHIME

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The straight part
We know that "Set of bells" is the straight/definition part of the clue. The straight part is often a synonym or definition, in this case set of bells = chime.
The cryptic/wordplay part
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What does CHIME mean?

CHIME noun
  1. A musical instrument producing a sound when struck, similar to a bell (e.g. a tubular metal bar) or actually a bell. Often used in the plural to refer to the set: the chimes.
  2. An individual ringing component of such a set.
  3. A small bell or other ringing or tone-making device as a component of some other device.
  4. The sound of such an instrument or device.
  5. A small hammer or other device used to strike a bell.
CHIME verb
  1. To make the sound of a chime.
  2. To cause to sound in harmony; to play a tune, as upon a set of bells; to move or strike in harmony.
  3. To utter harmoniously; to recite rhythmically.
  4. To agree; to correspond.
  5. To make a rude correspondence of sounds; to jingle, as in rhyming.
CHIME noun
  1. The top of a ridge.
  2. The spine of an animal.
  3. A piece of the backbone of an animal, with the adjoining parts, cut for cooking.
  4. A sharp angle in the cross section of a hull.
  5. A hollowed or bevelled channel in the waterway of a ship's deck.
  6. The edge or rim of a cask, etc., formed by the projecting ends of the staves; the chamfered end of a stave.
  7. The back of the blade on a scythe.

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