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Indian princess in with Latin head (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

cranium

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'latin head' is the definition.
'cranium' can be an answer for 'head' (I've seen this before). I'm not certain of the 'latin' bit.

'indian princess in with' is the wordplay.
'indian princess' becomes 'rani' (I've seen this before).
'in' means one lot of letters goes inside another.
'with' becomes 'cum' (I've seen this in other clues).
'rani' going into 'cum' is 'CRANIUM'.

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(Other definitions for cranium that I've seen before include "Brainbox" , "Brainpan" , "Braincase" , "Skull that encloses the brain" , "Part of the skull" .)

I've seen this clue in the Sydney Morning Herald.
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