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Country where Tibetan priest, losing head, follows God (6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

panama

'country' is the definition.
(I know that Panama is a country)

'tibetan priest losing head follows god' is the wordplay.
'tibetan priest' becomes 'lama' (I've seen this before).
'losing head' means to remove the first letter.
'follows' is a charade indicator (letters next to each other).
'god' becomes 'Pan' (Pan is a Greek god).
'lama' with its first letter taken off is 'ama'.
'ama' after 'pan' is 'PANAMA'.

'where' is the link.

(Other definitions for panama that I've seen before include "Central American country" , "Hat woven from jipijapa leaves" , "Criticise" , "Style of hat" , "Hat; Central Am. canal" .)

I've seen this clue in The Telegraph.
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