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Wild notion to correspond with hawk-headed god (7)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

chimera

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'wild notion' is the definition.
(I've seen this before)

'correspond with hawk-headed god' is the wordplay.
'correspond with' becomes 'chime' (I can't explain this - if you can you should give a lot more credence to this answer).
'hawk-headed god' becomes 'ra' (Egyptian god).
'chime'+'ra'='CHIMERA'

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(Other definitions for chimera that I've seen before include "figment of the imagination" , "fabulous beast" , "Illusory achievement; mythical beast" , "Race him (anag.)" , "In Greek myth, a monster-mix of lion, goat and serpent" .)

I've seen this clue in The Independent.
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